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部

bù

HSK 4 Character

What 部 means

1. ministry
2. department
3. section
4. part
5. division
6. troops
7. board
8. classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Example sentences

• 全部上岸！
  All ashore!
• 这是个旧部件。
  Zhè shì Gèjiù bùjiàn.
  This is an old unit.
• 翻译划线部分。
  Fānyì huàxiàn bùfen.
  Translate the underlined part.
• 你有多少部车？
  How many cars do you have?
• 这就是全部吗？
  Is this everything?
• 他唱最高音部。
  He sings treble.

Words starting with 部

• 部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. bù fèn
• 部门bù méndepartment; branch; section
• 部位bù wèipart…
• 部署bù shǔto dispose; to deploy; deployment
• 部队bù duìarmy; armed forces; troops
• 部长bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head
• 部落bù luòtribe
• 部下bù xiàtroops under one's command; subordinate
• 部件bù jiànpart; component
• 部委bù wěiministries and commissions
• 部首bù shǒuradical of a Chinese character
• 部属bù shǔtroops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry
• 部族bù zútribe; clan
• 部长级bù zhǎng jíministerial level (e.g. negotiations)
• 部分工时bù fen gōng shí(Taiwan) part-time work
• 部长会bù zhǎng huìminister level conference
• 部长会议bù zhǎng huì yìminister level conference
• 部类bù lèicategory; division
• 部长级会议bù zhǎng jí huì yìminister level conference
• 部头bù tóulength of a book
• 部首编排法bù shǒu biān pái fǎdictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
• 部众bù zhòngtroops
• 部落客bù luò kèblogger (Tw)
• 部落格bù luò géblog (loanword) (Tw)

Words containing 部

• 全部quán bùwhole; all
• 俱乐部jù lè bù(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
• 干部gàn bùcadre; official; officer
• 局部jú bùpart; local
• 大部分dà bù fenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. dà bù fèn
• 一部分yī bù fenportion; part of; subset
• 内部nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section); internal
• 西部xī bùwestern part
• 教育部Jiào yù bùMinistry of Education
• 南部nán bùsouthern part
• 总部zǒng bùgeneral headquarters
• 外部wài bùthe outside; (attributive) external; exterior; surface
• 北部běi bùnorthern part
• 东部dōng bùthe east; eastern part
• 头部tóu bùhead
• 中部zhōng bùmiddle part; central section; central region
• 胸部xiōng bùchest; bosom
• 顶部dǐng bùroof; topmost part; top (of tree, wall etc)
• 外交部Wài jiāo bùMinistry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State
• 绝大部分jué dà bù fenoverwhelming majority
• 组成部分zǔ chéng bù fènpart; component; ingredient
• 腹部fù bùabdomen; belly; flank
• 面部miàn bùface (body part)
• 小卖部xiǎo mài bùkiosk; snack counter; retail department or section inside a larger business

Characters built on 咅

These share the phonetic component 咅 (pǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 瓿bùa kind of vase (old); see 安瓿
• 涪Fú(name of a river)

Characters that look like 部

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

• 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 郭guōouter city wall
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸

Sounds the same

Read bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 步a step; a pace; walk
• 布cloth; to declare; to announce
• 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)