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布
bù
1. cloth
2. to declare
3. to announce
4. to spread
5. to make known
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

布
bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
HSK 5 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

仁布
Rénbù
Rinbung county, Tibetan: Rin spungs rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
布伍
bùwǔ
to deploy troops
布告
bùgào
posting on a bulletin board
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布局
bùjú
arrangement
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布景
bùjǐng
(stage) set
布置
bùzhì
to put in order
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布道
bùdào
sermon
布雷
bùléi
to lay mines
传布
chuánbù
to spread
公布
gōngbù
to announce
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分布
fēnbù
distributed
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吃布
chībù
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
吕布
LǚBù
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
土布
tǔbù
homespun cloth
坯布
pībù
unbleached and undyed cloth
墩布
dūnbù
swab
宣布
xuānbù
to declare
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密布
mìbù
to cover densely
尿布
niàobù
diaper
尸布
shībù
pall (casket covering)

Alternate Entries

布
bù
variant of [[布<bù>]] / to announce / to spread
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
379
Word Frequency Rank
280 of 84,292