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颁发 (bān fā) — to issue, to promulgate (laws, policies, regulations etc.); to award, to confer (certificates, prizes, honors etc.)

Definition

颁发 is a formal, written verb used by authorities for issuing laws/policies (颁布 is the more common near-synonym for laws and decrees) and for conferring honors or certificates at ceremonies.

verb
to issueto promulgate (laws, policies, regulations etc.)to awardto confer (certificates, prizes, honors etc.)

Examples

  • 颁发。
    Guó jiā bān fā le xīn de huán jìng bǎo hù fǎ.
    The state has promulgated a new environmental protection law.
  • 颁发。
    Xiào zhǎng qīn zì wèi huò jiǎng xué shēng bān fā jiǎng zhuàng.
    The president personally awarded certificates to the winning students.
  • 颁发。
    Zhèng fǔ jiāng bān fā yí xiàng guān yú yī liáo gǎi gé de zhèng cè.
    The government will issue a policy on healthcare reform.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

颁bānconfer
发fāsend out

The first part means confer, and the second means send out; together they describe formally putting out a certificate or prize.

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 頒; 颁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn頒bān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頒 puts 頁 (head) beside 分, which gives the sound; the simplified 颁 is a shorthand.

Open 颁 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

Open 发 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Government & Politics

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