Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.cloth; textile
把车用块干净的布擦一擦。
Wipe the car with a clean cloth.
买一块布要多少钱?
How much does it cost to buy a piece of cloth?
做一条裤子需要多少布?
How much cloth will I need to make a pair of trousers?
- 2
v.spread; disseminate
青草布满河岸。
The grass covers the river bank.
花草遍布整个峡谷。
Flowers and plants are scattered throughout the canyon.
河里散布着荷花。
There are lotus flowers scattered in the river.
- 3
v.announce; declare; proclaim
他把消息公布于众。
He made the news public.
这篇文章是我发布的。
This article was published by me.
他在街上散布消息。
He spread the news in the street.
- 4
v.arrange; deploy
敌军在那里布下埋伏。
The enemy army laid an ambush there.
我们在这里布防。
We are stationed here.
警察布下了天罗地网。
The police casted an escape-proof net.
- 5
n.a copper coin in ancient times
布缗
money tied up with rope
- 6
n.cloth-like object
塑料布
plastic cloth
Words and phrases with 布
- 布匹[word]piece goods
- 布条[word]a strip of cloth
- 布帘[word]door curtain made of cloth
- 布朗族[word]Blang ethnic group
- 布达拉宫[word]the Potala Palace
- 布料[word]cloth
- 布阵[word]deploy troops in a certain battle formation
- 布菜[word]dish out food
- 布头[word]remnants of a bolt of cloth
- 布帛菽粟[idiom]daily necessities
- 布鼓雷门[idiom]carry a cloth drum to a city gate well-known for its colossal drum
- 布衣之交[idiom]association between an official and a scholar; friends in days of simple living
- 布衣蔬食[idiom]a thrifty and simple life
Word usage
- common measure word"布" is often matched with measure word "块"or"尺"or"匹".
一块布
one piece of cloth
一尺布
one foot of cloth
一匹布
one bolt of cloth