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部

bù

a measure word for films, books, and vehicles

A person presenting one machine
Memory picture

Character

部 bù

Strokes
10
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这部电影很好。 Zhè bù diàn yǐng hěn hǎo. This movie is very good.
  • 我看一部书。 Wǒ kàn yí bù shū. I read one book.
  • 那部车很新。 Nà bù chē hěn xīn. That vehicle is very new.

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