布告 (bù gào) — public notice, bulletin, official announcement

Definition

noun

public noticebulletinofficial announcement

Measure word · 张

布告。
Xué xiào zài mén kǒu tiē le yì zhāng bù gào.
The school posted a notice at the entrance.
布告。
Zhè fèn bù gào shì guān yú fàng jià de tōng zhī.
This bulletin is about the holiday schedule.
布告。
Zhèng fǔ tōng guò bù gào xiàng shì mín chuán dá xīn zhèng cè.
The government communicated the new policy to citizens through an official announcement.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

布 means spread and 告 means tell; together they denote a public announcement or notice.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is unclear: one theory sees 告 as 壴 (a decorated drum) above 口 (an open mouth), while another sees a tongue sticking out of 口.

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