布 (bù) means Cloth (publicize). Below are 24 of the 52 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这块 布 的颜色很漂亮。
Zhè kuài bù de yánsè hěn piàoliang.
The colour of this cloth is lovely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 布
妈妈用这块 布 做了一条裙子。
Māma yòng zhè kuài bù zuò le yì tiáo qúnzi.
Mother made a skirt out of this piece of cloth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 布
成绩明天公 布 。
Chéngjì míngtiān gōngbù.
The results will be announced tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公布
成绩会陆续公 布 。
Chéngjì huì lùxù gōngbù.
The results will be announced in stages.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆续
人口分 布 很不平均。
Rénkǒu fēnbù hěn bù píngjūn.
The population is very unevenly distributed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分布
录取名单明天公 布 。
Lùqǔ míngdān míngtiān gōngbù.
The admissions list will be published tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 录取
学校宣 布 明天放假。
Xuéxiào xuānbù míngtiān fàng jià.
The school announced a holiday tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宣布
政府公 布 了新政策。
Zhèngfǔ gōngbù le xīn zhèngcè.
The government announced a new policy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 政府
警方发 布 了通缉令。
Jǐngfāng fābù le tōngjī lìng.
The police issued a wanted notice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 通缉
招标公告已经发 布 。
Zhāobiāo gōnggào yǐjīng fābù.
The invitation to tender has been published.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招标
这块 布 摸起来很粗糙。
Zhè kuài bù mō qǐlái hěn cūcāo.
This cloth feels rough.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 粗糙
这种植物分 布 在南方。
Zhè zhǒng zhíwù fēnbù zài nánfāng.
This plant is found in the south.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分布
学校公 布 了新的规定。
Xuéxiào gōngbù le xīn de guīdìng.
The school announced the new rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公布
他宣 布 了比赛的结果。
Tā xuānbù le bǐsài de jiéguǒ.
He announced the result of the match.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宣布
公司发 布 了停业公告。
Gōngsī fābù le tíngyè gōnggào.
The company issued a notice of closure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公告
候选名单已经公 布 了。
Hòuxuǎn míngdān yǐjīng gōngbù le.
The list of candidates has been published.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 候选
舞台的 布 景非常华丽。
Wǔtái de bùjǐng fēicháng huálì.
The stage set is extremely gorgeous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 华丽
比赛结果按名次公 布 。
Bǐsài jiéguǒ àn míngcì gōngbù.
The results are announced in order of ranking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 名次
公司公 布 了年度报告。
Gōngsī gōngbù le niándù bàogào.
The company published its annual report.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 年度
这条瀑 布 有五十米高。
Zhè tiáo pùbù yǒu wǔshí mǐ gāo.
This waterfall is fifty metres high.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瀑布
医生宣 布 了死亡时间。
Yīshēng xuānbù le sǐwáng shíjiān.
The doctor announced the time of death.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 死亡
瀑 布 的景象非常壮观。
Pùbù de jǐngxiàng fēicháng zhuàngguān.
The sight of the waterfall is truly spectacular.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 壮观
他的学生遍 布 世界各地。
Tā de xuésheng biànbù shìjiè gèdì.
His students are spread all over the world.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遍布
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布 appears in 52 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 布
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Questions about 布
How is 布 used in a sentence?
This page shows 52 sentences using 布 (bù, "Cloth (publicize)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 布 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 布 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 布 an HSK word?
Yes — 布 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 布?
The dictionary page for 布 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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