分布
fēnbù
to be distributed, to spread out
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
分part
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布cloth
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5 strokes · 3.4s
Examples
- 这种植物广泛分布在南方。This plant is widely distributed in the south.
- 人口分布很不均匀。The population is very unevenly distributed.
Collocations
分布广泛分布均匀人口分布分布范围
Mnemonic
分 fēn "to divide" + 布 bù "to spread, cloth": divided and spread about, i.e. to be distributed, to spread widely. Same as the Korean word bun-po (分布). It describes how people, organisms or things are scattered across space (分布均匀 evenly distributed). Both intransitive and transitive. 布 is the 布 of "to spread, arrange" (布置 to arrange, 公布 to announce).
Related
散布遍布布局分散
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