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颁bānto promulgate
分to divide · fēn
页page · xié
布bùto announce
布 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 颁布
颁 10 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.
Stroke order chart for 颁布 (bānbù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
颁布 (bānbù) means “to promulgate” or “to issue (a law or decree)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bānbù: bān with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 颁布 is written 頒布. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颁布 from the suggestions. Typing banbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颁布 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.
颁bān1st tone, high and level
布bù4th tone, falling
