HSK 6 · Society

颁发 bānfā “to award” in Chinese

Traditional 頒發

What 颁发 means

  1. to award
  2. to issue
  3. to promulgate

How to say 颁发

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale颁bān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level

颁发 in a sentence

  1. 校长向每个毕业生颁发了毕业证书。

    Xiàozhǎng xiàng měi ge bìyèshēng bānfā le bìyè zhèngshū.

    The principal presented each graduate with a certificate.

    Sentence #599697 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 另外，之后我们会颁发“每月最佳员工”奖。

    Lìngwài, zhīhòu wǒmen huì bānfā “měi yuè zuìjiā yuángōng” jiǎng.

    In addition, we’ll present the “Employee of the Month” award afterwards.

    Sentence #2938696 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 颁发 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 颁 (bān) with each of its parts in a different colour
颁bānto promulgate
  • 分to divide · fēn
  • 页page · xié
The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

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

How to write 颁发

颁 10 strokes · 发 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 颁发

Words with 颁

颁布bānbù · to promulgate

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Society & Law

总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)案件ànjiàn · legal case拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings颁布bānbù · to promulgate绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)报警bàojǐng · to call the police暴力bàolì · violence

FAQs

颁发 (bānfā) means “to award” or “to issue”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bānfā: bān with a 1st tone, then fā with a 1st 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, 颁发 is written 頒發. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颁发 from the suggestions. Typing banfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颁发 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.