HSK 5 · Ideas

内部 nèibù “inside” in Chinese

Traditional 內部

What 内部 means

  1. inside
  2. internal
  3. interior
  4. inside (part, section)

How to say 内部

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale内nèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale部bù4th tone, falling

内部 in a sentence

  1. 我们还应该看下这个房子的内部。

    Wǒmen hái yīnggāi kàn xià zhè ge fángzi de nèibù.

    We should also take a look at the inside of this house.

    Sentence #4952848 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 电脑内部计时器内的纽扣电池没电了。

    Diànnǎo nèibù jìshíqì nèi de niǔkòu diànchí méi diàn le.

    The button battery in the computer’s internal clock has gone flat.

    Sentence #13527600 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 内部 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 内 (nèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
内nèiinside
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 人person · rén
The character 部 (bù) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

How to write 内部

内 4 strokes · 部 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 内部

Words with 内

内nèi · inside内容nèiróng · content内科nèikē · internal medicine内在nèizài · inner内幕nèimù · inside story内涵nèihán · connotation

Words with 部

部bù · part部分bùfen · part全部quánbù · whole部门bùmén · department俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)部位bùwèi · position部署bùshǔ · to deploy局部júbù · part

More words: Ideas & Concepts

梦想mèngxiǎng · dream面积miànjī · area (of a floor or piece of land)命运mìngyùn · fate目标mùbiāo · target奇迹qíjì · miracle前途qiántú · prospects情景qíngjǐng · scene趋势qūshì · trend

FAQs

内部 (nèibù) means “inside” or “internal”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it nèibù: nèi with a 4th 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, 内部 is written 內部. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type neibu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 内部 from the suggestions. Typing neibu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
内部 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.