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verb HSK 5
gōng bù
to announce · to make public · to promulgate

Meaning

公布 means to officially announce or make something known to the public. It's typically used for formal announcements by organizations, governments, or institutions releasing information, results, policies, or decisions. The word carries an official, authoritative tone.

Usage

公布 is used in formal contexts for official announcements. Common with exam results, policies, laws, statistics, and decisions. More formal than 宣布 (xuān bù), which can be used in both formal and informal settings. Often followed by concrete nouns like results, names, regulations, or data.

Examples

  1. 01
    学校明天公布考试成绩。
    Xué xiào míng tiān gōng bù kǎo shì chéng jī.
    The school will announce the exam results tomorrow.
  2. 02
    政府公布了新的环保政策。
    Zhèng fǔ gōng bù le xīn de huán bǎo zhèng cè.
    The government announced new environmental protection policies.

Characters

Common collocations

  • 公布结果
    gōng bù jié guǒ
    to announce results
  • 公布名单
    gōng bù míng dān
    to announce a name list
  • 正式公布
    zhèng shì gōng bù
    to officially announce
  • 向社会公布
    xiàng shè huì gōng bù
    to announce to society/the public

Antonyms

Origin

公 (public) + 布 (to spread/announce) literally means 'to spread publicly.' The character 布 originally meant cloth but extended to mean 'to spread out' or 'to distribute,' which evolved into announcing information.

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