拨款

撥款

bōkuǎn

verb HSK 7-9 #17,873

Meanings

HSK 3

教育拨款不断增加。

Jiàoyù bōkuǎn bùduàn zēngjiā.

Education funding keeps increasing.

HSK 5

政府拨款修建了这座桥。

Zhèngfǔ bōkuǎn xiūjiàn le zhè zuò qiáo.

The government allocated funds to build this bridge.

HSK 6

他申请了一笔科研拨款。

Tā shēnqǐng le yī bǐ kēyán bōkuǎn.

He applied for a research grant.

grammar

拨款 works as both a verb-object phrase (拨 allocate + 款 funds) and a noun (an appropriation/grant). As a noun, it takes measure word 笔: 一笔拨款.

拨 bō

款 kuǎn