DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

宣布破產

简宣布破产 · 繁宣布破產

Mandarin · pinyin xuān bù pò chǎn

to declare bankruptcy

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

宣: xuān · declare, announce, proclaim
布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
產: Look up this written character
产: chǎn · give birth, bring forth, produce

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–4–3 · xuan1 bu4 po4 chan3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

宣布破產 · find source passages ↗ · 宣布破产 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗