发 (fā): to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue
发 (fā) is a Chinese character meaning “to send out.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 又 (structural). It ranks #47 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 发
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 发生verb | fā shēng | to happen | 3 |
| 发现verb | fā xiàn | to notice | 3 |
| 头发noun | tóu fa | hair (on the head) | 3 |
| 出发verb | chū fā | to set off | 3 |
| 发展verb | fā zhǎn | development | 3 |
| 发出verb | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc) | 4 |
| 发明verb/noun | fā míng | to invent | 5 |
| 沙发noun | shā fā | sofa (loanword) | 3 |
| 发表verb | fā biǎo | to issue | 5 |
| 发挥verb | fā huī | to display | 5 |
| 发动verb | fā dòng | to start | 6 |
| 爆发verb | bào fā | to break out | 6 |
| 发送 | fā sòng | to transmit | 4 |
| 发布verb | fā bù | variant of 發布|发布[fa1 bu4] | 5 |
| 引发verb | yǐn fā | to lead to | 6 |
| 发言verb/noun | fā yán | to make a speech | 5 |
| 发光verb | fā guāng | to emit light | 6 |
| 开发verb | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource) | 5 |
| 发烧verb | fā shāo | to have a high temperature (from illness) | 3 |
| 发行verb | fā xíng | to publish | 6 |
| 发音verb/noun | fā yīn | to pronounce | 5 |
| 发起verb | fā qǐ | to originate | 5 |
| 突发verb | tū fā | to occur suddenly | 6 |
| 启发verb | qǐ fā | to enlighten | 6 |
| 激发verb | jī fā | to arouse | 6 |
| 散发verb | sàn fā | to distribute | 6 |
| 发达adjective/verb | fā dá | well-developed | 5 |
| 发育verb | fā yù | to develop | 6 |
| 理发verb | lǐ fà | to get a haircut | 4 |
| 研发verb | yán fā | research and development | 5 |
| 发放verb | fā fàng | to provide | 6 |
| 发票noun | fā piào | invoice | 6 |
| 发电verb | fā diàn | to generate electricity | 6 |
| 发病verb | fā bìng | (of an illness) to occur | 6 |
| 发炎verb | fā yán | to become inflamed | 6 |
| 发愁verb | fā chóu | to worry | 6 |
| 转发verb | zhuǎn fā | to transmit | 4 |
发 appears in 100 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 发 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (38)
to study or work hard, neglecting one's meals; be so immersed in work as to forget one's meals
Showing 12 of 38 idioms containing 发.
Example Sentences
发现问题的第一时间，他就向上级汇报了情况。
Fāxiàn wèntí de dì yī shíjiān, tā jiù xiàng shàngjí huìbào le qíngkuàng.
The moment he discovered the problem, he reported the situation to his superiors.
小伙出售前女友送的银手镯,剪开发现内芯为30克高纯..
xiǎo huǒ chū shòu qián nǚ yǒu sòng de yín shǒu 镯 , jiǎn kāi fā xiàn nèi xīn wéi kè gāo chún . .
The guy sold his ex-girlfriend to send the silver bracelet, cut open and found that the core for 30 grams of high-purity...
俄罗斯莫斯科地铁举行中国春节主题列车发车仪式
é luó sī mò sī kē dì tiě jǔ háng zhōng guó chūn jié zhǔ tí liè chē fā chē yí shì
Chinese New Year-themed train launch ceremony held in Russia's Moscow Metro
突发:一男子手持霰弹枪冲向美国国会大厦
tū fā yī nán zǐ shǒu chí 霰 dàn qiāng chōng xiàng měi guó guó huì dà xià
BREAKING: A man with a shotgun rushes the U.S. Capitol building
大年初一,浙大发顶刊论文:用人工智能为膜蛋白造“装..
dà nián chū yī , zhè dà fā dǐng kān lún wén yòng rén gōng zhì néng wéi mó dàn bái zào zhuāng . .
On Chinese New Year's Day, Zhejiang University publishes top-tier journal paper: Using AI to "dress" membrane proteins...
春节不打烊,广州交投集团中欧班列预计发运9列、货值..
chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , guǎng zhōu jiāo tóu jí tuán zhōng ōu bān liè yù jì fā yùn liè huò zhí . .
Guangzhou Transport Investment Group's China-Europe freight trains will operate throughout the Spring Festival, with 9 trains scheduled to depart carrying goods worth...
...:春晚人形机器人表演展现中国人工智能飞速发..
. . . chūn wǎn rén xíng jī qì rén biǎo yǎn zhǎn xiàn zhōng guó rén gōng zhì néng fēi sù fā . .
...: The Spring Festival Gala's humanoid robot performance showcases China's rapid advancement in artificial intelligence...
...另一场“巷战”:AI挤进春节档,不止为了发红..
. . . lìng yī chǎng xiàng zhàn jǐ jìn chūn jié dǎng , bù zhǐ wéi le fā hóng . .
...Another "Battle of the Lanes": AI Invades the Spring Festival Box Office, Not Just for the Red Envelopes...
有人能发这个词的音吗？
Yǒurén néng fā zhège cí de yīn ma?
Can anyone pronounce this word?
这意外是何时发生的？
Zhè yìwài shì héshí fāshēng de?
When did the accident take place?
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