Chinese Notes

布 bù

bù noun cotton cloth; textiles; linen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '布'; Guoyu '布' n 1; Kroll 2015 '布' 1, p. 29; Unihan '布'; XHZD '布' 1, p. 59)
bù verb to spread
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 散布 (CC-CEDICT '布'; Guoyu '布' v 4;Kroll 2015 '布' 3, p. 29; XHZD '布' 3, p. 59)
bù verb to announce
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 宣布 (CC-CEDICT '布'; Guoyu '布' v 1; Kroll 2015 '布' 5a, p. 29; XHZD '布' 2, p. 59)
bù verb to arrange
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 设置 (Guoyu '布' v 3; XHZD '布' 4, p. 60)
bù noun an ancient coin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '布' n 2; Kroll 2015 '布' 2, p. 29; XHZD '布' 5, p. 60)
bù verb to bestow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '布' 4, p. 29)
bù verb to publish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '布' 5, p. 29)
bù proper noun Bu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: For example, Lu Bu 吕布 (Guoyu '布' n 3; Wikipedia '吕布')
bù verb to state; to describe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 陈述 (Guoyu '布' v 2)

布劳恩(布勞恩) Browne (person name)
布福 distribute blessings
分布图(分佈圖) scatter diagram; distribution chart; histogram
拉白布条(拉白布條) to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
布雷舰(佈雷艦) minelayer (ship)
公布栏(公佈欄) bulletin board
布列 to arrange in sequence
漆布 varnished cloth; linoleum
遮羞布 G-string; loincloth; last semblance
布鞋 cloth shoes
布鲁姆斯伯里(布魯姆斯伯里) Bloomsbury, London district
宣布 to declare; to announce ; to publicise; to disseminate ; to declare; to announce
罗布麻(羅布麻) dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM
布拉吉 woman's dress; gown
布氏苇莺(布氏葦鶯) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
疏布 coarse cloth
雅鲁藏布大峡谷(雅魯藏布大峽谷) Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
布雷特 Brett
格子棉布 gingham
布氏非鲫(布氏非鯽) zebra tilapia; Tilapia buttikoferi
开诚布公(開誠佈公) to talk frankly and sincerely ; deal sincerely and fairly; frank and open-minded; plain speaking; Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
布谷鸟(布谷鳥) cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
裹尸布(裹屍布) shroud; cloth to wrap a corpse
布尔乔亚(布爾喬亞) bourgeois ; bourgeois
亚历山大·杜布切克(亞歷山大·杜布切克) Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia
摆布(擺布) to arrange; to order about; to manipulate

Truncated for common words

缁布 (緇布) 緇布之冠也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 12
布席 (布席) 則布席 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 9
布带 (布帶) 布帶 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 7
布衰 (布衰) 布衰 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 6
布冠 (布冠) 緇布冠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 5
冠布 (冠布) 大古冠布 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
敢布 (敢布) 敢布腹心 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
布绞 (布絞) 布絞 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 4
用功布 (用功布) 御棺用功布 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 4
布总 (布總) 布總 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 喪服第十一 11. Mourning attire — count: 4