拨 bō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 发 to issue, to dispatch, to send out
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
拨款
bōkuǎn
to allocate funds; allocated funds
Characters in this word
款 kuǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 中央政府追加拨款，要求地方优先修复饮水和道路设施。 Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ zhuījiā bōkuǎn, yāoqiú dìfāng yōuxiān xiūfù yǐnshuǐ hé dàolù shèshī. The central government added extra funding and required local authorities to prioritise repairing water and road facilities.
- 学校申请了一笔拨款，用来买新的图书。 Xuéxiào shēnqǐng le yì bǐ bōkuǎn, yòng lái mǎi xīn de túshū. The school applied for a grant to buy new books.
- 市政府拨款修建了一座新的儿童公园。 Shì zhèngfǔ bōkuǎn xiūjiàn le yí zuò xīn de értóng gōngyuán. The city government allocated funds to build a new children's park.
Related words
- 拨 bō to push aside; to dial; to allocate
- 挑拨 tiǎobō to incite; to sow discord
- 存款 cúnkuǎn savings; to deposit money
- 贷款 dàikuǎn loan
- 罚款 fákuǎn fine
- 汇款 huìkuǎn to send money
- 捐款 juānkuǎn to donate money; donation
- 款 kuǎn sum of money; measure word for items
- 款式 kuǎnshì style, design
- 新款 xīnkuǎn new style
- 公款 gōngkuǎn public funds
- 款待 kuǎndài to entertain; to receive hospitably