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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bù | bu4
English translation
variant of [bù]
to announce
to spread
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Cloth  jīn held in a hand

Etymology of

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿸? jīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. In the modern form it is not obvious that the top component is .

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Huán 饿 è ,可以 kěyǐ zài yāo xiē 布丁 bù dīng ?

I'm still hungry - can I have some more pudding?

qiáo zhāo 布满 bù mǎn 星星 xīng xing de 天空 tiānkōng .

He looked at the starry heavens.

宣布 xuānbù Yìng zuò de 分录 fēn lù 如下 rú xià .

The following entry would be made at the declaration date.

shǎng hǎo de zhǐ 多半 duō bàn shì yòng 制造 zhìzào de .

The highest quality paper is made mostly from rags.

为什么 wèishénme 卡布 zài miǎo 义右可以 kěyǐ zuì kuài ne ?

Why is the cappaciuno fastest on Myogi rite now?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宣布 xuānbù to declare宣布 xuānbù
公布 gōngbù to announce公佈
cloth
发布 fābù to release發佈
分布 fēnbù to scatter分佈
布什 Bù shí Bush (name)布什 Bù shí
布置 bùzhì to arrange佈置
布局 bùjú arrangement佈局
新闻发布会 xīn wén fā bù huì news conference新聞發布會
发布会 fā bù huì briefing發佈會
布朗 Bù lǎng Brown (name)布朗 Bù lǎng
颁布 bānbù to issue頒布
布鲁克林 Bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City布魯克林
布鲁斯 bù lǔ sī blues (music) (loanword)布魯斯
尿布 niào bù diaper尿布 niào bù
布莱恩 Bù lái ēn Brian (name)布萊恩
布丁 bù dīng pudding (loanword)布丁 bù dīng
瀑布 pùbù waterfall瀑布 pùbù
遍布 biànbù to cover the whole (area)遍布 biànbù
布拉格 Bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic布拉格 Bù lā gé
散布 sànbù to disseminate散佈
布莱尔 Bù lái ěr Blair (name)布萊爾
布满 bù mǎn to be covered with布滿

Decomposition & Compounds

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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