佈〔布〕 {bù}

1. cloth
2. to declare
3. to announce
4. to spread
5. to make known

布 bou³ {bù}

1. cloth
2. to declare
3. to announce
4. to spread
5. to make known

佈設〔布设〕 bou³ cit³ {bù shè}

Set-up / Setting

布甸 bou³ din¹ {bù diàn}

(noun) (food) pudding (loanword)

布菲 bou³ fei¹ {bù fēi}

buffet, all-you-can-eat

布吉 bou³ gat¹ {Bù jí}

Phuket, place in Thailand

布冧 bou³ lam¹ {bù līn}

a plum

布偶 bou³ ngau⁵ {bù ǒu}

a ragdoll

布碎 bou³ seoi³ {bù suì}

scraps of cloth or fabric

布殊 bou³ syu⁴ {bù shū}

Cantonese translation of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of United States of America, or George W. Bush, the 43rd, shortened to just "Bush"

佈置〔布-〕 bou³ zi³ {bùzhì}

(noun) (of household) 1. Design (of a home); 2. Setting of (furniture)

布帛 bou³ baak⁶ {bù bó}

1. cloth and silk
2. cotton and silk textiles

布丁 bou³ ding¹ {bù dīng}

pudding (loanword)

布袋 bou³ doi⁶ {Bù dài}

1. pouch
2. sack
3. bag
4. Budai (the Laughing Buddha)
5. Budai or Putai town in Chiayi county 嘉義縣, west Taiwan

佈道〔布-〕 bou³ dou⁶ {bù dào}

1. sermon
2. to sermonize
3. to preach (the Christian gospel)
4. to evangelize

布斐 bou³ fei² {bǔ fěi}

buffet (loanword)

布防 bou³ fong⁴ {bù fáng}

to lay out a defense

布巾 bou³ gan¹ {bù jīn}

a cloth

布建 bou³ gin³ {bù jiàn}

1. to progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area
2. rollout
3. also written 佈建

佈景〔布-〕 bou³ ging² {bù jǐng}

(stage) set

佈告〔布-〕 bou³ gou³ {bù gào}

1. posting on a bulletin board
2. notice
3. bulletin
4. to announce

布谷 bou³ guk¹ {bù gǔ}

(onom.) cuckoo

佈局〔布-〕 bou³ guk⁶ {bù jú}

1. arrangement
2. composition
3. layout
4. opening (chess jargon)

布下 bou³ haa⁶ {bù xià}

1. to arrange
2. to lay out

布鞋 bou³ haai⁴ {bù xié}

1. cloth shoes
2. CL: 雙,隻

布希 bou³ hei¹ {Bù xī}

Taiwan equivalent of 布什

布控 bou³ hung³ {bù kòng}

1. to deploy surveillance
2. to put under surveillance

布依 bou³ ji¹ {Bù yī}

Buyei ethnic group

布衣 bou³ ji¹ {bù yī}

1. plain cotton clothing
2. (literary) the common people

佈雷〔布-〕 bou³ leoi⁴ {bù léi}

to lay mines

布料 bou³ liu² {bù liào}

1. cloth
2. material

布朗 bou³ long⁵ {Bù lǎng}

1. Brown (name)
2. Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010

布幕 bou³ mok⁶ {bù mù}

screen

布滿〔-满〕 bou³ mun⁵ {bù mǎn}

1. to be covered with
2. to be filled with

佈伍〔布-〕 bou³ ng⁵ {bù wǔ}

to deploy troops

布囊 bou³ nong⁴ {bù náng}

cloth bag

布匹 bou³ pat¹ {bù pǐ}

cloth (by the yard)

布什 bou³ sap⁶ {Bù shí}

1. Bush (name)
2. George H.W. Bush, US president 1988-1992
3. George W. Bush, US President 2000-2008

布施 bou³ si¹ {bù shī}

Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)

布線〔-线〕 bou³ sin³ {bù xiàn}

wiring

布城 bou³ sing⁴ {Bù chéng}

Putrajaya, federal administrative territory of Malaysia, south of Kuala Lumpur city 吉隆坡市

布拖 bou³ to¹ {Bù tuō}

Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州, south Sichuan

布托 bou³ tok³ {Bù tuō}

1. Bhutto (name)
2. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president of Pakistan 1971-1979 executed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
3. Benazzir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice president of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996, murdered by Al Qaeda

佈置〔布-〕 bou³ zi³ {bù zhì}

1. to put in order
2. to arrange
3. to decorate
4. to fix up
5. to deploy

布吉島〔--岛〕 bou³ gat¹ dou² {bù jí dǎo}

Phuket Island, place in Thailand

布公仔 bou³ gung¹ zai² {bù gōng zǎi}

a ragdoll

布依族 bou³ ji¹ zuk⁶ {Bù yī zú}

Bouyei people, an ethnic group in China

布朗族 bou³ long⁵ zuk⁶ {Bù lǎng zú}

Blang People, an ethnic group in China

布碌侖〔--仑〕 bou³ luk¹ leon⁴ {bù lù lún}

Brooklyn, located in New York, United States

布碌崙〔--仑〕 bou³ luk¹ leon⁴ {bù lù lún}

Brooklyn, located in New York, United States

布偉傑〔-伟杰〕 bou³ wai⁵ git⁶ {bù wěi jié}

Brian Burrell, an American actor in Hong Kong

布迪亞〔--亚〕 bou³ dik⁶ aa³ {Bù dí yà}

Baudrillard (name)

布袋戲〔--戏〕 bou³ doi⁶ hei³ {bù dài xì}

glove puppetry

布袋鎮〔--镇〕 bou³ doi⁶ zan³ {Bù dài zhèn}

Budai or Putai town in Chiayi county 嘉義縣, west Taiwan

布法羅〔--罗〕 bou³ faat³ lo⁴ {Bù fǎ luó}

Buffalo, New York state

布吉河 bou³ gat¹ ho⁴ {Bù jí Hé}

Buji River, tributary of Shenzhen or Shamchun River 深圳河, Guangdong

佈告欄〔布-栏〕 bou³ gou³ laan⁴ {bù gào lán}

bulletin board

布谷鳥〔--鸟〕 bou³ guk¹ niu⁵ {bù gǔ niǎo}

1. cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
2. same as 杜鵑鳥

布哈拉 bou³ haa¹ laai¹ {Bù hā lā}

Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan

布哈林 bou³ haa¹ lam⁴ {Bù hā lín}

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937

布坎南 bou³ ham³ naam⁴ {Bù kǎn nán}

Buchanan (surname)

布希鞋 bou³ hei¹ haai⁴ {Bù xī xié}

Crocs (sandals) (Tw)

布爾津〔-尔-〕 bou³ ji⁵ zeon¹ {Bù ěr jīn}

Burqin county or Burchin nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區, Xinjiang

布拉格 bou³ laai¹ gaak³ {Bù lā gé}

Prague, capital of Czech Republic

佈蘭森〔布兰-〕 bou³ laan⁴ sam¹ {Bù lán sēn}

1. Branson or Brandsen (name)
2. Sir Richard Branson (1950-), British millionaire and founder of Virgin

佈雷艦〔布-舰〕 bou³ leoi⁴ laam⁶ {bù léi jiàn}

minelayer (ship)

布倫尼〔-伦-〕 bou³ leon⁴ nei⁴ {Bù lún ní}

Brønnøysund (city in Nordland, Norway)

布萊恩〔-莱-〕 bou³ loi⁴ jan¹ {Bù lái ēn}

Brian (name)

布萊爾〔-莱尔〕 bou³ loi⁴ ji⁵ {Bù lái ěr}

1. Blair (name)
2. Braille (name)
3. Louis Braille (1809-1852), the inventor of the Braille alphabet for the blind

布萊尼〔-莱-〕 bou³ loi⁴ nei⁴ {Bù lái ní}

Bryne (City in Rogaland, Norway)

布洛陀 bou³ lok³ to⁴ {Bù luò tuó}

creator god of the Zhuang minority 壯族

布洛芬 bou³ lok⁶ fan¹ {bù luò fēn}

1. Ibuprofen or Nurofen
2. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers

布朗尼 bou³ long⁵ nei⁴ {bù lǎng ní}

brownie (pastry) (loanword)

布朗士 bou³ long⁵ si⁶ {Bù lǎng shì}

1. The Bronx, borough of New York City
2. Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx)
3. also written 布朗克斯

布勞恩〔-劳-〕 bou³ lou⁴ jan¹ {Bù láo ēn}

Browne (person name)

布魯克〔-鲁-〕 bou³ lou⁵ hak¹ {Bù lǔ kè}

1. Brook (name)
2. Peter Brook (1925), British theater director

布魯日〔-鲁-〕 bou³ lou⁵ jat⁶ {Bù lǔ rì}

Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium

布魯斯〔-鲁-〕 bou³ lou⁵ si¹ {bù lǔ sī}

blues (music) (loanword)

布隆迪 bou³ lung⁴ dik⁶ {Bù lóng dí}

Burundi

布農族〔-农-〕 bou³ nung⁴ zuk⁶ {Bù nóng zú}

Bunun, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

布灑器〔-洒-〕 bou³ saa² hei³ {bù sǎ qì}

disperser

布什爾〔--尔〕 bou³ sap⁶ ji⁵ {Bù shí ěr}

1. Bushehr Province of south Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf
2. Bushehr, port city, capital of Bushehr Province

布拖縣〔--县〕 bou³ to¹ jyun⁶ {Bù tuō xiàn}

Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州, south Sichuan

布娃娃 bou³ waa¹ waa¹ {bù wá wa}

rag doll

布里斯本 bou³ lei⁵ si¹ bun² {bù Lǐ sī běn}

noun; Brisbane, a city in Australia

布帛菽粟 bou³ baak⁶ suk⁶ suk¹ {bù bó shū sù}

1. cloth, silk, beans and grain
2. food and clothing
3. daily necessities

布松布拉 bou³ cung⁴ bou³ laai¹ {Bù sōng bù lā}

Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw)

布達拉宮〔-达-宫〕 bou³ daat⁶ laai¹ gung¹ {Bù dá lā gōng}

Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet

布達拉山〔-达--〕 bou³ daat⁶ laai¹ saan¹ {Bù dá lā shān}

Mt Potala in Lhasa, with Potala Palace 布達拉宮

布達佩斯〔-达--〕 bou³ daat⁶ pui³ si¹ {Bù dá pèi sī}

Budapest, capital of Hungary

布防迎戰〔---战〕 bou³ fong⁴ jing⁴ zin³ {bù fáng yíng zhàn}

to prepare to meet the enemy head-on

布干維爾〔--维尔〕 bou³ gon¹ wai⁴ ji⁵ {bù gān wéi ěr}

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

布希威克 bou³ hei¹ wai¹ hak¹ {Bù xī wēi kè}

Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, in New York City

布衣韋帶〔--韦带〕 bou³ ji¹ wai⁵ daai² {bù yī wéi dài}

1. in hemp cloth and with a leather belt
2. poorly dressed

布爾代數〔-尔-数〕 bou³ ji⁵ doi⁶ sou³ {Bù ěr dài shù}

Boolean algebra

布爾喬亞〔-尔乔亚〕 bou³ ji⁵ kiu⁴ aa³ {bù ěr qiáo yà}

bourgeois (loanword)

布爾津縣〔-尔-县〕 bou³ ji⁵ zeon¹ jyun⁶ {Bù ěr jīn xiàn}

Burqin county or Burchin nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區, Xinjiang

布瓊布拉〔-琼--〕 bou³ king⁴ bou³ laai¹ {Bù qióng bù lā}

Bujumbura, capital of Burundi

布拉薩市〔--萨-〕 bou³ laai¹ saat³ si⁵ {Bù lā sà shì}

Brazzaville, capital of Congo (Tw)

布拉索夫 bou³ laai¹ sok³ fu¹ {Bù lā suǒ fū}

Braşov, Romania

布林迪西 bou³ lam⁴ dik⁶ sai¹ {Bù lín dí xī}

Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy

布里奇頓〔---顿〕 bou³ lei⁵ kei⁴ deon⁶ {Bù lǐ qí dùn}

Bridgetown, capital of Barbados

布里斯班 bou³ lei⁵ si¹ baan¹ {Bù lǐ sī bān}

Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia

布里斯托 bou³ lei⁵ si¹ tok³ {bù lǐ sī tuō}

Bristol

布里坦尼 bou³ lei⁵ taan² nei⁴ {Bù lǐ tǎn ní}

1. Brittany (France)
2. Bretagne

佈列塔尼〔布---〕 bou³ lit⁶ taap³ nei⁴ {Bù liè tǎ ní}

Brittany or Bretagne, area of western France

布萊德湖〔-莱--〕 bou³ loi⁴ dak¹ wu⁴ {Bù lái dé Hú}

Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled

布萊克本〔-莱--〕 bou³ loi⁴ hak¹ bun² {Bù lái kè běn}

Blackburn

布萊氏鷚〔-莱-鹨〕 bou³ loi⁴ si⁶ lau⁶ {Bù lái shì liù}

(Chinese bird species) Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii)

布朗大學〔---学〕 bou³ long⁵ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Bù lǎng Dà xué}

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

布朗克斯 bou³ long⁵ hak¹ si¹ {Bù lǎng kè sī}

1. The Bronx, borough of New York City
2. Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx)

布朗克士 bou³ long⁵ hak¹ si⁶ {Bù lǎng kè shì}

The Bronx, borough of New York City

布朗運動〔--运动〕 bou³ long⁵ wan⁶ dung⁶ {bù lǎng yùn dòng}

Brownian motion

布魯塞爾〔-鲁-尔〕 bou³ lou⁵ coi³ ji⁵ {Bù lǔ sài ěr}

Brussels, capital of Belgium

布魯特斯〔-鲁--〕 bou³ lou⁵ dak⁶ si¹ {Bù lǔ tè sī}

1. Brutus (name)
2. Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspired against Julius Caesar
3. Lucius Junius Brutus (6th c. BC), founder of the Roman Republic

布魯克林〔-鲁--〕 bou³ lou⁵ hak¹ lam⁴ {Bù lǔ kè lín}

Brooklyn, borough of New York City

布魯圖斯〔-鲁图-〕 bou³ lou⁵ tou⁴ si¹ {Bù lǔ tú sī}

1. Brutus (name)
2. Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspired against Julius Caesar
3. Lucius Junius Brutus (6th c. BC), founder of the Roman Republic

布隆伯格 bou³ lung⁴ baak³ gaak³ {Bù lōng bó gé}

Blumberg or Bloomberg (name)

布隆方丹 bou³ lung⁴ fong¹ daan¹ {Bù lóng fāng dān}

Bloemfontein

布匿戰爭〔--战争〕 bou³ nik¹ zin³ zang¹ {Bù nì Zhàn zhēng}

the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage

佈囊其口〔布---〕 bou³ nong⁴ kei⁴ hau² {bù náng qí kǒu}

1. lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth
2. to gag
3. fig. to silence

布須曼人〔-须--〕 bou³ seoi¹ maan⁶ jan⁴ {bù xū màn rén}

bushman (African ethnic group)

布氏非鯽〔---鲫〕 bou³ si⁶ fei¹ zik¹ {bù shì fēi jì}

1. zebra tilapia
2. Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology)

布氏菌苗 bou³ si⁶ kwan² miu⁴ {bù shì jūn miáo}

Brucella vaccine

布氏葦鶯〔--苇莺〕 bou³ si⁶ wai⁵ ang¹ {Bù shì wěi yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

布加勒斯特 bou³ gaa¹ lak⁶ si¹ dak⁶ {Bù jiā lè sī tè}

Bucharest, capital of Romania

布吉納法索〔--纳--〕 bou³ gat¹ naap⁶ faat³ sok³ {Bù jí nà Fǎ suǒ}

Burkina Faso, West Africa (Tw)

布基納法索〔--纳--〕 bou³ gei¹ naap⁶ faat³ sok³ {Bù jī nà Fǎ suǒ}

Burkina Faso, West Africa

布干維爾島〔--维尔岛〕 bou³ gon¹ wai⁴ ji⁵ dou² {Bù gān wéi ěr Dǎo}

Bougainville island, Papua New Guinea

布痕瓦爾德〔---尔-〕 bou³ han⁴ ngaa⁵ ji⁵ dak¹ {Bù hén wǎ ěr dé}

Buchenwald

布爾什維克〔-尔-维-〕 bou³ ji⁵ sap⁶ wai⁴ hak¹ {Bù ěr shí wéi kè}

Bolshevik

布熱津斯基〔-热---〕 bou³ jit⁶ zeon¹ si¹ gei¹ {Bù rè jīn sī jī}

1. Brzezinski (name)
2. Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981

布拉柴維爾〔---维尔〕 bou³ laai¹ caai⁴ wai⁴ ji⁵ {Bù lā chái wéi ěr}

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

布里斯托爾〔----尔〕 bou³ lei⁵ si¹ tok³ ji⁵ {Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr}

Bristol port city in southwest England

佈雷頓森林〔布-顿--〕 bou³ leoi⁴ deon⁶ sam¹ lam⁴ {Bù léi dùn sēn lín}

Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank

布魯氏菌病〔-鲁---〕 bou³ lou⁵ si⁶ kwan² beng⁶ {Bù lǔ shì jūn bìng}

Brucella (infectious disease)

布尼亞病毒〔--亚--〕 bou³ nei⁴ aa³ beng⁶ duk⁶ {bù ní yà bìng dú}

the bunyaviridae family of viruses

布尼亞病毒〔--亚--〕 bou³ nei⁴ aa³ beng⁶ duk⁶ {Bù ní yà bìng dú}

1. Bunyavirus
2. virus of the family Bunyaviridae

布氏桿菌病〔--杆--〕 bou³ si⁶ gon¹ kwan² beng⁶ {bù shì gǎn jūn bìng}

brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)

布拉迪斯拉發〔-----发〕 bou³ laai¹ dik⁶ si¹ laai¹ faat³ {Bù lā dí sī lā fā}

Bratislava

布拉提斯拉瓦 bou³ laai¹ tai⁴ si¹ laai¹ ngaa⁵ {Bù lā tí sī lā wǎ}

Bratislava, capital of Slovakia (Tw)

布萊克史密斯〔-莱----〕 bou³ loi⁴ hak¹ si² mat⁶ si¹ {Bù lái kè shǐ mì sī}

Blacksmith (name)

布魯克林大橋〔-鲁---桥〕 bou³ lou⁵ hak¹ lam⁴ daai⁶ kiu⁴ {Bù lǔ kè lín Dà qiáo}

Brooklyn Bridge

布魯姆斯伯里〔-鲁----〕 bou³ lou⁵ mou⁵ si¹ baak³ lei⁵ {Bù lǔ mǔ sī bó lǐ}

Bloomsbury, London district

布宜諾斯艾利斯〔--诺----〕 bou³ ji⁴ nok⁶ si¹ ngaai⁶ lei⁶ si¹ {Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sī}

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina

布拉戈維申斯克〔---维---〕 bou³ laai¹ gwo¹ wai⁴ san¹ si¹ hak¹ {Bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè}

Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州

布里斯托爾海峽〔----尔-峡〕 bou³ lei⁵ si¹ tok³ ji⁵ hoi² haap⁶ {Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Hǎi xiá}

Bristol Channel in southwest England

布魯克海文實驗室〔-鲁---实验-〕 bou³ lou⁵ hak¹ hoi² man⁴ sat⁶ jim⁶ sat¹ {Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Shí yàn shì}

Brookhaven National Laboratory

布魯克海文國家實驗室〔-鲁---国-实验-〕 bou³ lou⁵ hak¹ hoi² man⁴ gwok³ gaa¹ sat⁶ jim⁶ sat¹ {Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Guó jiā Shí yàn shì}

Brookhaven National Laboratory