瀑布 (pùbù): waterfall

Measure Word

一条瀑布 tiáo

Meanings

1 waterfall

Characters

Literally 'waterfall cloth' - water cascading down looks like a sheet of white cloth.

Examples

HSK 1

我们去看瀑布吧！

Wǒmen qù kàn pùbù ba!

Let's go see the waterfall!

HSK 2

这条瀑布有五十米高。

Zhè tiáo pùbù yǒu wǔshí mǐ gāo.

This waterfall is fifty meters high.

HSK 6

远远就能听到瀑布的声音。

Yuǎnyuǎn jiù néng tīngdào pùbù de shēngyīn.

You can hear the waterfall from far away.

Tips

memory

The character 布 (cloth) paints a vivid picture - a waterfall looks like a massive white cloth draped over a cliff. Li Bai's famous poem uses 飞流直下三千尺 (flying stream falling three thousand feet) to describe this exact image.

In Pop Culture

黄果树瀑布 Huángguǒshù Pùbù

Huangguoshu Waterfall

China's largest waterfall, in Guizhou province

尼亚加拉瀑布 Níyàjiālā Pùbù

Niagara Falls

iconic waterfall on the US-Canada border

Stroke Order

瀑 pù

布 bù

Related Words

遥看瀑布挂前川 yáo kàn pùbù guà qián chuān

from afar I see the waterfall hanging before the river / (fig.) the iconic image of a cascading waterfall seen from a distance / (lit.) far-watch waterfall hanging front river

发布会 fābùhuì HSK 7-9 #6,894

press conference / launch event / release conference

散布 sànbù HSK 7-9 #8,879

to spread / to disseminate / to scatter

遍布 biànbù HSK 7-9 #9,703

to be found throughout / to spread all over / to be dotted with

布置 bùzhì HSK 4 #4,374

to arrange / to decorate / to assign (homework) / to deploy

公布 gōngbù HSK 3 #4,321

to announce / to make public / to publish

发布 fābù HSK 5 #4,312

to release / to issue / to announce

尿布 niàobù #5,388

diaper / nappy

宣布 xuānbù HSK 3 #1,770

to announce; to declare / to proclaim

布 bù HSK 3 #1,729

cloth; fabric / to spread; to lay out / to announce; to declare