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布

bù

HSK 5 Character

What 布 means

1. cloth
2. to declare
3. to announce
4. to spread
5. to make known

Other readings

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

• bùvariant of {布|bù}; to announce; to spread

Example sentences

• 宣布停火了。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 已宣布停火。
  A ceasefire was declared.
• 这是你的布丁。
  Zhè shì nǐ de bùdīng.
  Here's your pudding.
• 桌布在橱柜里。
  Zhuōbù zài chúguì lǐ.
  The tablecloth is in the cabinet.
• 天空布满星辰。
  Tiānkōng bùmǎn xīngchén.
  The sky is full of stars.
• 布被染成鲜红。
  Bù bèi rǎn chéng xiānhóng.
  The cloth was dyed bright red.

Words starting with 布

• 布置bù zhìto arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
• 布局bù júarrangement; composition; layout
• 布告bù gàoposting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin
• 布满bù mǎnto be covered with; to be filled with
• 布朗Bù lǎng(name) Brown; Blang ethnic group
• 布料bù liàofabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc)
• 布衣bù yīplain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people
• 布拉格Bù lā géPrague, capital of Czech Republic
• 布鲁斯bù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)
• 布景bù jǐng(stage) set
• 布鞋bù xiécloth shoes
• 布雷bù léito lay mines
• 布达拉宫Bù dá lā gōngPotala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
• 布袋bù dàipouch; sack; bag
• 布鲁塞尔Bù lǔ sài ěrBrussels, capital of Belgium
• 布施bù shīDana (Buddhist practice of giving)
• 布达佩斯Bù dá pèi sīBudapest, capital of Hungary
• 布线bù xiànwiring
• 布道bù dàosermon; to sermonize; to preach
• 布下bù xiàto arrange; to lay out
• 布尔什维克Bù ěr shí wéi kèBolshevik
• 布匹bù pǐcloth (by the yard)
• 布宜诺斯艾利斯Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sīBuenos Aires, capital of Argentina
• 布建bù jiànto progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area; rollout

Words containing 布

• 宣布xuān bùto declare; to announce; to proclaim
• 公布gōng bùto announce; to make public; to publish
• 分布fēn bùto scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc)
• 发布fā bùto release; to issue; to announce
• 瀑布pù bùwaterfall
• 遍布biàn bùto cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
• 颁布bān bùto issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
• 散布sàn bùto disseminate
• 发布会fā bù huìnews conference; briefing
• 卢布lú bù(loanword) ruble (Russian currency)
• 白布bái bùplain white cloth; calico
• 抹布mā bùcleaning rag; also pr. mǒ bù
• 纱布shā bùgauze
• 密布mì bùto cover densely
• 摆布bǎi bùto arrange; to order about; to manipulate
• 尿布niào bùdiaper
• 福布斯Fú bù sīForbes (US publisher); Forbes magazine
• 棉布mián bùcotton cloth
• 帆布fān bùcanvas; sailcloth
• 哥伦布Gē lún bùCristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506); Columbus, capital of Ohio
• 桌布zhuō bùtablecloth; (Taiwan; computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
• 吕布Lǚ BùLü Bu (-198), general and warlord
• 伊斯坦布尔Yī sī tǎn bù ěrIstanbul, Turkey
• 幕布mù bù(theater) curtain

Characters that look like 布

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 夸kuāused in transliteration
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain

Sounds the same

Read bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 部ministry; department; section
• 步a step; a pace; walk
• 怖terror; terrified; afraid
• 簿a book; a register; account-book
• 埠(bound form) wharf; pier; port town; (Taiwan; computing; bound form) port
• 埔used in place names
• 钚plutonium (chemistry)
• 瓿a kind of vase (old); see 安瓿
• 埗wharf; dock; jetty
• 蔀(literary) to cover; to shelter; (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
• 㘵(used in place names)