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拨款 (bō kuǎn) — (verb) to allocate funds, to appropriate money; (noun) allocation, appropriation, funds allocated

Definition

拨款 is specifically an official, top-down allocation of money (government, ministry to a project). 配置 is broader — resources or personnel. 筹集/筹措 are bottom-up, raising funds from elsewhere.

verb
to allocate fundsto appropriate money
noun
allocationappropriationfunds allocated

Examples

  • 拨款。
    Zhè bǐ bō kuǎn yòng yú xiū jiàn nóng cūn dào lù.
    This allocation is used for building rural roads.
  • 拨款。
    Zhèng fǔ xiàng shòu zāi dì qū bō kuǎn le liǎng yì yuán.
    The government allocated 200 million yuan to the disaster-stricken areas.
  • 。
    Jiào yù bù bō le yí dà bǐ kuǎn yòng yú xué xiào jiàn shè.
    The Ministry of Education allocated a large sum of funds for school construction.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

拨bōallocate
款kuǎnfunds

拨 means allocate and 款 means funds; together they name allocating money.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 撥; 拨 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
發
發fā撥bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 撥 combines 手 (hand) with 發, which gives the sound; the simplified 拨 is a different form.

Open 拨 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiànlacking, desire
Sound part声符shēngfú
柰
柰nài款kuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

Open 款 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Finance & BankingGovernment & Politics

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