瀑布
Old HSK 6
瀑布 (pùbù) · waterfall
瀑布 (pùbù) means “waterfall”. It is written with 2 characters: 瀑 (waterfall) + 布 (cloth). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 瀑布 is built
The characters
瀑 pù · waterfall
What 瀑 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 暴bào — violent
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 共gòng — all
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 水shuǐ — water
- 日rì — sun; day
布 bù · cloth
What 布 is made of
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Cloth 巾 held in a hand (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个瀑布非常壮观。Zhège pùbù fēicháng zhuàngguān.This waterfall is spectacular.
我们爬到山上去看瀑布。Wǒmen pá dào shānshàng qù kàn pùbù.We climbed the mountain to see the waterfall.
Questions about 瀑布
What does 瀑布 mean?
瀑布 (pùbù) means “waterfall”.
How do you pronounce 瀑布?
瀑布 is pronounced pùbù.
Which HSK level is 瀑布?
瀑布 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 公布gōngbùto announce
- 宣布xuānbùto announce
- 布置bùzhìto decorate
- 分布fēnbùto be spread over
- 颁布bānbùto promulgate
- 遍布biànbùto be found everywhere
- 布告bùgàonotice
- 布局bùjúlayout
- 发布fābùto release
- 散布sànbùto spread
Learn 瀑布 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 140: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.