颁发 bānfā to issue
to issue; to promulgate; to award
How to remember 颁发: 颁 to bestow + 发 send out = to issue.
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How it is used
- To award / issue officially - 颁发奖章 (bānfā jiǎngzhāng) to present a medal; 颁发证书 to issue a certificate.
- Formal; the subject is an authority conferring an honor, certificate, or order downward.
- Contrast 颁布 (bānbù, to promulgate laws/decrees) - 颁发 is for awards, prizes, and credentials given to recipients.