发
fāㄈㄚ
Sino-Vietnamese: PHÁT
Traditional: 發
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 3TOCFL 3
Meaningfā(verb, measure word)
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
Examples
我给你发了一个邮件。
wǒ gěi nǐ fā le yí gè yóu jiàn.
I sent you an email.
公司每月十号发工资。
gōng sī měi yuè shí hào fā gōng zī.
The company pays salaries on the tenth of every month.
孩子发烧了。
hái zi fā shāo le.
The child has a fever.
Easily confused
- 发 (fà) — Same character read fà means "hair" (头发, 理发).
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Meaningfà(verb, measure word)
hair; Taiwan pr. [fǎ]
Examples
她的头发又黑又长。
tā de tóu fa yòu hēi yòu cháng.
Her hair is black and long.
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Stroke order
PHÁT · 5 strokes
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
Related words
- 发现 fā xiàn — to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 头发 tóu fa — hair (on the head)
- 发烧 fā shāo — to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
- 发生 fā shēng — to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 发展 fā zhǎn — development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 出发 chū fā — to set off; to start (on a journey)
- 沙发 shā fā — sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
- 理发 lǐ fà — to get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut