分布

fēn bù

HSK 4 · word 2421 of 3,000

Meaning

to scatter
to distribute
to be distributed (over an area etc)

Example sentence

苗瑶语系的语言分布于东南亚和中国南方山区。

miáo yáo yǔ xì de yǔ yán fēn bù yú dōng nán yà hé zhōng guó nán fāng shān qū

Languages in the Hmong-Mien language family, also referred to as the Miao-Yao language family, are spoken across Southeast Asia and mountainous areas of southern China.

Characters in 分布

分 fēn to divide; to separate
布 bù cloth

分 to divide plus 布, to spread. 布 also means cloth; the word is how things are spread out.

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