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布

bù · bu

Traditional 佈

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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bù 布

  1. cloth
  2. to declare
  3. to announce
  4. to spread
  5. to make known

bù 佈

  1. variant of 布 (bù)
  2. to announce
  3. to spread
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In a conversation

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A curtain like a cinema

  1. Liangliang

    这(zhè)块(kuài)布(bù)真(zhēn)好看(hǎokàn)！

    This piece of cloth is really beautiful!

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)布(bù)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    What do you want to make with cloth?

  3. Liangliang

    做(zuò)窗帘(chuānglián)。

    Curtains.

  4. Dengdeng

    窗帘(chuānglián)要(yào)很多(hěnduō)布(bù)，至少(zhìshǎo)要(yào)五(wǔ)米(mǐ)。

    Curtains need a lot of cloth, at least five metres.

  5. Liangliang

    五(wǔ)米(mǐ)？我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)做(zuò)一个(yīgè)大大(dàdà)的(de)，像(xiàng)电影院(diànyǐngyuàn)一样(yīyàng)。

    Five metres? I want a huge one, like in a cinema.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)买(mǎi)了(le)六(liù)码(mǎ)的(de)布(bù)做(zuò)衣(yī)服(fu)。

She bought six yards of cloth for a dress.

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02

公(gōng)司(sī)宣(xuān)布(bù)新(xīn)规(guī)定(dìng)时(shí)，把(bǎ)消(xiāo)息(xi)公(gōng)布(bù)在(zài)网(wǎng)站(zhàn)上(shàng)。

When the company announced the new rules, it published the news on its website.

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