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宣布

xuān bù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

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

What 宣布 means

1. to declare
2. to announce
3. to proclaim

Other readings

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

• xuān bùvariant of {宣布|xuān bù}

The characters in 宣布

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce

Example sentences

• 宣布停火了。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 已宣布停火。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 停火被宣布了。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 他宣布与她订婚。
  He announced his engagement to her.
• 他们已经宣布订婚了。
  They have announced their engagement.
• 玛丽宣布和汤姆订婚。
  Mary announced her engagement to Tom.

Words starting with 宣布

• 宣布破产xuān bù pò chǎnto declare bankruptcy

Where 宣布 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Production, Ascent & Vitality (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 xuān bù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.