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颁布 (bān bù) — to issue, to enact (laws, decrees, etc.)

Definition

Used by official bodies (governments, ministries) to formally issue laws, decrees, or regulations — more institutional than 宣布 ('to announce') and paired with binding documents rather than statements.

verb
to issueto enact (laws, decrees, etc.)

Examples

  • 颁布。
    Guó jiā zuì jìn bān bù le yí bù xīn xiàn fǎ.
    The country recently enacted a new constitution.
  • 颁布。
    Jiào yù bù bān bù le xīn de kè chéng biāo zhǔn.
    The Ministry of Education issued new curriculum standards.
  • 颁布。
    Shì zhèng fǔ bān bù le yí xiàng jìn zhǐ rán fàng yān huā bào zhú de jìn lìng.
    The city government issued a ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers.

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bānissue
布bùannounce

颁 and 布 both mean to make known or issue, together describing official publication of a rule.

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.

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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
父fù布bù
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.

Open 布 →
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