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布
佈
bù
1. variant of [[布<bù>]]
2. to announce
3. to spread
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)

布署
bùshǔ
variant of [[部署<bùshǔ>]]
桌布
zhuōbù
tablecloth
布斐
bǔfěi
buffet (loanword)
布线
bùxiàn
wiring
幕布
mùbù
(theater) curtain
染布
rǎnbù
to dye cloth
布幕
bùmù
screen
布拖
Bùtuō
Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture [[涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州<LiángshānYízúzìzhìzhōu>]], south Sichuan
布施
bùshī
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
布满
bùmǎn
to be covered with
布防
bùfáng
to lay out a defense
帆布
fānbù
canvas
摆布
bǎibù
to arrange
敷布
fūbù
medical dressing
布巾
bùjīn
a cloth
布帛
bùbó
cloth and silk
布建
bùjiàn
to progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area
布托
Bùtuō
Bhutto (name)
布料
bùliào
cloth
宣布
xuānbù
to declare
HSK 5

Alternate Entries

布
bù
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known
HSK 5

Metadata

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