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布置

bù zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 佈置

布置 (bù zhì) means "to arrange, decorate, assign". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 布置 means

1. to arrange; to set up; to lay out
2. to assign (tasks, homework etc)

The characters in 布置

• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 置zhìto install; to place; to put

Example sentences

• 她用漂亮的家具布置了房间。
  Tā yòng piàoliang de jiājù bùzhì le fángjiān.
  She furnished the room with beautiful furniture.
• 老师给我们布置了家庭作业。
  The teacher gave us homework.
• 老师给我们布置了十道题为作业。
  The teacher assigned us ten problems for homework.
• 那对夫妇花了很多钱来布置他们的房子。
  Nà duì fūfù huā le hěn duō qián lái bùzhì tāmen de fángzi.
  The couple spent a lot of money on furnishing their house.
• 说因为学生不够努力，老师应该布置更多回家作业的傻瓜是谁？
  Shuō yīnwèi xuésheng bù gòu nǔlì, lǎoshī yīnggāi bùzhì gèng duō huíjiā zuòyè de shǎguā shì shéi?
  Who are the idiots who said that teachers should push for larger amounts of homework, seeing as the students don't work enough?

Sounds the same

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

• 不致not in such a way as to; not likely to
• 不治to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
• 不智unwise

Where 布置 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù–cái (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù zhì correctly.
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