HSK 6 · Media

发布 fābù “to release” in Chinese

Traditional 發布

What 发布 means

  1. to release
  2. to announce
  3. to issue
  4. to distribute

How to say 发布

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale布bù4th tone, falling

发布 in a sentence

  1. 气象局发布了暴雨红色预警。

    Qìxiàngjú fābù le bàoyǔ hóngsè yùjǐng.

    The weather bureau has issued a red rainstorm warning.

    Sentence #14034673 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 其次，按照日程今天有将要发布的项目吗？

    Qícì, ànzhào rìchéng jīntiān yǒu jiāngyào fābù de xiàngmù ma?

    Secondly, according to the schedule, is anything being released today?

    Sentence #2938692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 房间挤满了等待发布会开始的记者。

    Fángjiān jǐmǎn le děngdài fābùhuì kāishǐ de jìzhě.

    The room was jam-packed with reporters waiting for the press conference to begin.

    Sentence #818836 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发布 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 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.

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 发布

发 5 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.

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

Words related to 发布

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

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

More words: Media & Arts

创作chuàngzuò · to create雕刻diāokè · to carve雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发行fāxíng · to issue稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript公告gōnggào · announcement工艺品gōngyìpǐn · handicraft

FAQs

发布 (fābù) means “to release” or “to announce”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fābù: fā 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, 发布 is written 發布. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fabu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发布 from the suggestions. Typing fabu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发布 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.