遍 biàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
遍布
biànbù
to spread all over; to be found everywhere
Characters in this word
布 bù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家企业的服务网点遍布东南亚，售后响应速度因此很快。 Zhè jiā qǐyè de fúwù wǎngdiǎn biànbù Dōngnányà, shòuhòu xiǎngyìng sùdù yīncǐ hěn kuài. The company's service outlets are spread across Southeast Asia, so its after-sales response is fast.
- 这种小花遍布山坡，远看像一块黄色的地毯。 Zhè zhǒng xiǎo huā biànbù shānpō, yuǎn kàn xiàng yí kuài huángsè de dìtǎn. These little flowers cover the hillside and look like a yellow carpet from afar.
- 他的朋友遍布世界各地，每到一个城市都有人接待。 Tā de péngyou biànbù shìjiè gèdì, měi dào yí ge chéngshì dōu yǒu rén jiēdài. His friends are all over the world, so in every city he visits someone welcomes him.
Related words
- 遍 biàn once (measure word for actions)
- 普遍 pǔbiàn common
- 遍地 biàndì all over, everywhere; everywhere
- 布 bù cloth; fabric
- 公布 gōngbù to announce; to publish
- 宣布 xuānbù to announce
- 布置 bùzhì to arrange; to assign
- 分布 fēnbù to be distributed
- 发布 fābù to publish; to release
- 颁布 bānbù to promulgate; to issue
- 布局 bùjú layout; to arrange strategically
- 密布 mìbù to be densely covered with