发布 fābù to release
to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
How to remember 发布: 发 send out + 布 cotton = to release.
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How it is used
- Formal verb for official releases: 发布消息 (fābù xiāoxī) - release news, 发布新产品 (fābù xīn chǎnpǐn) - launch a new product.
- 发布会 (fābùhuì), press/product launch conference, is an extremely common noun built from this verb.
- Written/formal register only - media, business, government - never used for casual news sharing among friends.
- Different from 公布 (gōngbù): 发布 leans toward formally issuing something new (a product, order, statement), while 公布 leans toward making existing information public (results, a list, rules).