批复

批覆

pīfù

verb #63,589

Meanings

1 to give an official reply (to a subordinate's report or request)
2 written approval from higher authority

Characters

to comment on; approve

Examples

上级已经批复了我们的申请。

Shàngjí yǐjīng pīfù le wǒmen de shēnqǐng.

The higher-ups have already approved our application.

这份文件需要领导批复。

Zhè fèn wénjiàn xūyào lǐngdǎo pīfù.

This document requires the leader's official reply.

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A formal bureaucratic term. 批复 is one of the official document types (公文) recognized in Chinese government writing, used specifically when a higher authority responds to a lower authority's request. Can be a verb (to reply) or a noun (the reply itself).

Stroke Order

批 pī

复 fù