HSK 6 · Verbs

遍布 biànbù “to be found everywhere” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 遍布 means

  1. to be found everywhere
  2. to spread all over
  3. to cover the whole (area)
  4. to be found throughout

How to say 遍布

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale遍biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale布bù4th tone, falling

遍布 in a sentence

  1. 这家公司的商店遍布全国。

    Zhè jiā gōngsī de shāngdiàn biànbù quánguó.

    This company’s shops are found all over the country.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 山上遍布着野花。

    Shān shàng biànbù zhe yěhuā.

    The hills are covered in wildflowers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 遍布 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 遍 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
遍biàneverywhere
  • 扁flat · biǎnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 扁 (biǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with biàn.

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.

How to write 遍布

遍 12 strokes · 布 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 遍布

Words with 遍

遍biàn · measure word for times (start to finish)普遍pǔbiàn · universal

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)布置bùzhì · to arrange散布sànbù · to spread颁布bānbù · to promulgate布告bùgào · notice发布fābù · to release瀑布pùbù · waterfall

More words: Common Verbs

奔驰bēnchí · to speed蹦bèng · to jump迸发bèngfā · to burst out崩溃bēngkuì · to collapse变质biànzhì · to go bad编织biānzhī · to knit憋biē · to hold in (breath并列bìngliè · to stand side by side

FAQs

遍布 (biànbù) means “to be found everywhere” or “to spread all over”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànbù: biàn with a 4th tone, then bù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 遍布 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遍布 from the suggestions. Typing bianbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遍布 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.