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公布

gōng bù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

公布 (gōng bù) means "to announce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 公布 means

1. to announce; to make public; to publish

Other readings

公布 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gōng bùvariant of {公布|gōng bù}

The characters in 公布

• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce

Example sentences

• NASA 最近公布了新的专案。
  NASA has recently unveiled a new project.
• 阿尔及利亚公布了新的经济计画。
  Algeria has unveiled a new economic plan.
• 南非近 70 万名高中生一直热切期盼着本周公布他们的毕业考试成绩，大学会根据这些成绩来决定学生可以进入哪个专业学习。
  South Africa’s nearly 700,000 high-schoolers had been eagerly awaiting this week’s announcement of their matriculation exam grades—scores used by universities to determine which program of study a student is admitted to.
• 洛克希德丑闻是席卷美国主要飞机制造行业的世界性贪污丑闻。1976年2月被公布于众的洛克希德丑闻主要涉及到客机交易中的贪污受贿行为。
  Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén shì xíjuǎn Měiguó zhǔyào fēijī zhìzào hángyè de shìjiè xìng tānwū chǒuwén.1976 nián 2 yuè bèi gōngbù yú zhòng de Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén zhǔyào shèjí dào kèjī jiāoyì zhōng de tānwū shòuhuì xíngwéi.
  The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
• 周五上午，美国劳工统计局公布的数据显示，美国经济原本预计为正在快速扩张，但 4 月仅新增了 26.6 万个工作岗位，这令美国的经济学家和政策制定者感到震惊。
  Economists and policymakers in the U.S. were stunned Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy, thought to be expanding at a rapid pace, added only 266,000 jobs in April.

Words starting with 公布

• 公布栏gōng bù lánbulletin board

Sounds the same

Read gōng bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工部Ministry of Works (in imperial China)

Where 公布 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Industry, Manufacturing & Infrastructure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng bù correctly.
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