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發

fā

issue, dispatch, send out, emit

Strokes
12
Radical
癶
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 发

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 发, the simplified form of 發. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他有长头发。

    Tā yǒu cháng tóu fa

    He has long hair.

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  • 那有时会发生。

    Nà yǒu shí huì fā shēng

    That happens sometimes.

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  • 我们后天出发。

    Wǒ men hòu tiān chū fā

    We're leaving the day after tomorrow.

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  • 那从不会发生。

    Nà cóng bù huì fā shēng

    That won't ever happen.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 发

  • 发现fā xiàn 1–4 to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
  • 发fā 1to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
  • 头发tóu fa 2–5hair (on the head)
  • 出发chū fā 1–1 to set off; to start (on a journey)
  • 发生fā shēng 1–1 to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
  • 发展fā zhǎn 1–3 development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
  • 发表fā biǎo 1–3 to issue; to publish
  • 发出fā chū 1–1 to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
  • 开发kāi fā 1–1 to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
  • 发动fā dòng 1–4 to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
  • 沙发shā fā 1–1 sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
  • 发明fā míng 1–2 to invent; an invention