HSK 6 · Verbs

布置 bùzhì “to arrange” in Chinese

Traditional 佈置

What 布置 means

  1. to arrange
  2. to decorate
  3. to assign
  4. to set up
  5. to lay out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to assign (tasks, homework etc)

How to say 布置

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale布bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale置zhì4th tone, falling

布置 in a sentence

  1. 老师给我们布置了家庭作业。

    Lǎoshī gěi wǒmen bùzhì le jiātíng zuòyè.

    The teacher gave us homework.

    Sentence #332544 from Tatoeba

  2. 她用漂亮的家具布置了房间。

    Tā yòng piàoliang de jiājù bùzhì le fángjiān.

    She furnished the room with beautiful furniture.

    Sentence #818967 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 那对夫妇花了很多钱来布置他们的房子。

    Nà duì fūfù huā le hěn duō qián lái bùzhì tāmen de fángzi.

    The couple spent a lot of money decorating their house.

    Sentence #616915 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 布置 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 布 (bù) drawn as one shape
布bùto announce

布 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 置 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
置zhìto install
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
  • 直straight · zhíSound part

罒 hints at the meaning (net); 直 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 布置

布 5 strokes · 置 13 strokes

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布置 (bùzhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 布置 (bùzhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 布置

Words with 布

布bù · cloth公布gōngbù · to announce宣布xuānbù · to declare分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)遍布biànbù · to be found everywhere散布sànbù · to spread颁布bānbù · to promulgate布告bùgào · notice发布fābù · to release瀑布pùbù · waterfall

Words with 置

位置wèizhi · position安置ānzhì · to find a place for处置chǔzhì · to deal with设置shèzhì · to set up

More words: Common Verbs

拨bō · to dial搏斗bódòu · to fight补救bǔjiù · to remedy部署bùshǔ · to deploy捕捉bǔzhuō · to catch采集cǎijí · to gather残留cánliú · to remain操练cāoliàn · to drill

FAQs

布置 (bùzhì) means “to arrange” or “to decorate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùzhì: bù with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 布置 is written 佈置. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 布置 from the suggestions. Typing buzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
布置 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.