| 布 | bù | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known |
| 分布 | fēn bù | distributed; to distribute |
| 宣布 | xuān bù | to declare; to announce; to proclaim |
| 布置 | bù zhì | to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy |
| 公布 | gōng bù | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 颁布 | bān bù | to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc) |
| 卢布 | lú bù | rouble, Russian currency; also spelt ruble |
| 散布 | sàn bù | to disseminate |
| 发布 | fā bù | to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute |
| 津巴布韦 | Jīn bā bù wéi | Zimbabwe |
| 棉布 | mián bù | cotton cloth |
| 布局 | bù jú | arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon) |
| 织布 | zhī bù | woven cloth; to weave cloth |
| 布尔什维克 | Bù ěr shí wéi kè | Bolshevik |
| 胶布 | jiāo bù | adhesive plaster; band-aid; rubber tape; rubberized fabric |
| 坯布 | pī bù | unbleached and undyed cloth; grey cloth |
| 布匹 | bù pǐ | cloth (by the yard) |
| 白布 | bái bù | plain white cloth; calico |
| 布满 | bù mǎn | to be covered with; to be filled with |
| 帆布 | fān bù | canvas; sailcloth |
| 布告 | bù gào | posting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin; to announce |
| 布朗 | Bù lǎng | Brown (name); Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010 |
| 花布 | huā bù | printed cloth; calico |
| 纱布 | shā bù | gauze |
| 遍布 | biàn bù | to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout |
| 喀布尔 | Kā bù ěr | Kabul, capital of Afghanistan |
| 密布 | mì bù | to cover densely |
| 麻布 | má bù | sackcloth |
| 布加勒斯特 | Bù jiā lè sī tè | Bucharest, capital of Romania |
| 绒布 | róng bù | flannel |
| 摆布 | bǎi bù | to order about; to manipulate |
| 布鲁塞尔 | Bù lǔ sài ěr | Brussels, capital of Belgium |
| 传布 | chuán bù | to spread; to hand down; to disseminate |
| 布达拉宫 | Bù dá lā gōng | Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet |
| 布尔乔亚 | bù ěr qiáo yà | bourgeois (loanword) |
| 布景 | bù jǐng | (stage) set |
| 布雷 | bù léi | to lay mines |
| 瀑布 | pù bù | waterfall |
| 布拉格 | Bù lā gé | Prague, capital of Czech Republic |
| 布达佩斯 | Bù dá pèi sī | Budapest, capital of Hungary |
| 布宜诺斯艾利斯 | Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sī | Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina |
| 霍布斯 | Huò bù sī | Hobbs (name) |
| 雅鲁藏布江 | Yǎ lǔ Zàng bù jiāng | Yarlung Tsangpo river of Tibet, Tibetan: yar kLungs gTsang po; the Brahmaputra River of Assam and Bangladesh |
| 布帛 | bù bó | cloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles |
| 土布 | tǔ bù | homespun cloth |
| 哥伦布 | Gē lún bù | Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) |
| 星罗棋布 | xīng luó qí bù | scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place |
| 画布 | huà bù | canvas (artist's painting surface) |
| 布拉柴维尔 | Bù lā chái wéi ěr | Brazzaville, capital of Congo |
| 松赞干布 | Sōng zàn Gàn bù | Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃 dynasty |