HSK 5 · Verbs

公布 gōngbù “to announce” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公布 means

  1. to announce
  2. to make public
  3. to publish

How to say 公布

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st 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

公布 in a sentence

  1. 考试成绩下周公布。

    Kǎoshì chéngjì xiàzhōu gōngbù.

    The exam results will be announced next week.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司公布了新的上班时间。

    Gōngsī gōngbù le xīn de shàngbān shíjiān.

    The company announced the new working hours.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 公布 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 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

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 公布

公 4 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.

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

Words related to 公布

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

Words with 布

布bù · cloth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发布fābù · to release瀑布pùbù · waterfall

More words: Thinking & Talking

概括gàikuò · to summarise感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions告别gàobié · to say goodbye恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations沟通gōutōng · to communicate观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view

FAQs

公布 (gōngbù) means “to announce” or “to make public”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngbù: gōng 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.
Yes. 公布 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公布 from the suggestions. Typing gongbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公布 is an HSK 5 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.