HSK 6 · Verbs
部署 bùshǔ “to deploy” in Chinese
Same in Traditional
What 部署 means
- to deploy
- to arrange
- deployment
- to dispose
How to say 部署
部bù4th tone, falling
署shǔ3rd tone, dipping
部署 in a sentence
How 部署 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.

部bùministry
- 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
- 阝placeMeaning part
阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with bù.

署shǔoffice
- 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
- 者that which · zhěSound part
罒 hints at the meaning (net); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǔ.
How to write 部署
部 10 strokes · 署 13 strokes
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Words related to 部署
Words with 部
部bù · part部分bùfen · part全部quánbù · whole部门bùmén · department内部nèibù · inside俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)部位bùwèi · position局部júbù · part
Words with 署
More words: Common Verbs
FAQs
部署 (bùshǔ) means “to deploy” or “to arrange”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùshǔ: bù with a 4th tone, then shǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 部署 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 部署 from the suggestions. Typing bushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
部署 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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.