佈 (bou3 | bu4) : to announce; to arrange

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佈

bou3

bu4

[1] [v] announce; publicise; declare [2] [v] arrange

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

佈 / 布

This word has been viewed 5955 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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佈告 bou3 gou3 bu4 gao4 = a notice; a bulletin

散佈 saan3 bou3 san4 bu4 = to disseminate; to spread (information)

佈局 bou3 guk6 bu4 ju2 = arrangement

宣佈 syun1 bou3 xuan1 bu4 = to announce; to declare; to proclaim

公佈 gung1 bou3 gong1 bu4 = to publish; to publicize

分佈 fan1 bou3 fen1 bu4 = to distribute; distributed

發佈 faat3 bou3 fa1 bu4 = to issue

頒佈 baan1 bou3 ban1 bu4 = promulgate; issue, publish

佈道 bou3 dou6 bu4 dao4 = to preach

分佈式 fan1 bou3 sik1 fen1 bu4 shi4 = distributed

佈線 bou3 sin3 bu4 xian4 = wiring

均勻散佈 gwan1 wan4 saan3 bou3 jun1 yun2 san4 bu4 = evenly distributed

佈置 bou3 zi3 bu4 zhi4 = [v] put in order; arrange; decorate

佈景 bou3 ging2 = background scenery, stage, composition, setting, (stage) set

佈雷 bou3 leoi4 bu4 lei2 = to lay mines

遍佈 pin3 bou3 bian4 bu4 = all over, everywhere

佈設 bou3 cit3 = plan and design or decorate 粵

未經宣佈 mei6 ging1 syun1 bou3 wei4 jing1 xuan1 bu4 = not yet announced

擺佈 baai2 bou3 bai3 bu4 = manipulate; order about

發佈會 faat3 bou3 wui6*2 fa1 bu4 hui4 = (press) briefing

星羅棋佈 sing1 lo4 kei4 bou3 xing1 luo2 qi2 bu4 = spreading many and wide

分佈式環境 fan1 bou3 sik1 waan4 ging2 fen1 bu4 shi4 huan2 jing4 = distributed (computing) environment

分佈式發展模型 fan1 bou3 sik1 faat3 zin2 mou4 jing4 fen1 bu4 shi4 fa1 zhan3 mo2 xing2 = distributed developmental model

分佈式結構 fan1 bou3 sik1 git3 kau3 fen1 bu4 shi4 jie2 gou4 = distributed architecture

分佈式網絡 fan1 bou3 sik1 mong5 lok3 fen1 bu4 shi4 wang3 luo4 = distributed network

分佈控制 fan1 bou3 hung3 zai3 fen1 bu4 kong4 zhi4 = distributed control

分佈連結網絡 fan1 bou3 lin4 git3 mong5 lok3 fen1 bu4 lian2 jie2 wang3 luo4 = distributed connectionist network

光纖分佈式數據介面 gwong1 cim1 fan1 bou3 sik1 sou3 geoi3 gaai3 min6*2 guang1 xian1 fen1 bu4 shi4 shu4 ju4 jie4 mian4 = Fiber Distributed Data Interface; FDDI

光纖分佈數據接口 gwong1 cim1 fan1 bou3 sou3 geoi3 zip3 hau2 guang1 xian1 fen1 bu4 shu4 ju4 jie1 kou3 = FDDI; Fiber Distributed Data Interface

頻數分佈表 pan4 sou3 fan1 bou3 biu2 pin2/bin1 shu4 fen1 bu4 biao3 = frequency distribution table

頻率分佈表 pan4 leot6 fan1 bou3 biu2 pin2/bin1 lv4 fen1 bu4 biao3 = frequency distribution table

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