HSK 6 · Verbs

散布 sànbù “to spread” in Chinese

Traditional 散佈

What 散布 means

  1. to spread
  2. to scatter
  3. to disseminate

How to say 散布

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale散sàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale布bù4th tone, falling

散布 in a sentence

  1. 不要散布没有根据的消息。

    Búyào sànbù méiyǒu gēnjù de xiāoxi.

    Don’t spread news that has no basis.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 小村庄散布在山脚下。

    Xiǎo cūnzhuāng sànbù zài shānjiǎo xià.

    Small villages are scattered at the foot of the mountain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 散布 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 散 (sàn) drawn as one shape
散sànto scatter

散 is a single shape of 12 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 散布

散 12 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.

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

Words related to 散布

Words with 散

散步sànbù · to take a walk分散fēnsàn · to scatter解散jiěsàn · to dissolve扩散kuòsàn · to spread散发sànfā · to give off散文sǎnwén · prose

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颁布bānbù · to promulgate布告bùgào · notice发布fābù · to release瀑布pùbù · waterfall

More words: Common Verbs

扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb惹祸rěhuò · to cause trouble容纳róngnà · to hold揉róu · to rub散发sànfā · to give off丧失sàngshī · to lose筛选shāixuǎn · to screen闪烁shǎnshuò · to twinkle

FAQs

散布 (sànbù) means “to spread” or “to scatter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sànbù: sàn 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, 散布 is written 散佈. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sanbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 散布 from the suggestions. Typing sanbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
散布 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.