发表

Character by character

• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair
• 表biǎo8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 錶show, express, manifest, display

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 它发表在哪里？

  Tā fā biǎo zài nǎ lǐ

  Where was it published?

  Listen

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

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 发表. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

  to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

• 发fāHSK 2

  to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

• 表现biǎo xiànHSK 3

  to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

• 代表dài biǎoHSK 3

  representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of

• 表示biǎo shì

  to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

  development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand

• 表演biǎo yǎnHSK 3

  play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate

• 表biǎoHSK 2

  exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 表达biǎo dáHSK 3

  to express; to convey

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 发挥fā huīHSK 4

  to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)

• 表情biǎo qíngHSK 4

  (facial) expression; to express one's feelings

• 发出fā chūHSK 3

  to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

  to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 发布

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 发射fā shèHSK 5

  to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

  to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse

• 引发yǐn fāHSK 7

  to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)

• 爆发bào fāHSK 6

  to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

• 发行fā xíngHSK 5

  to publish; to issue (stocks, currency etc); to release; to distribute (a film)