发明
fā míngㄈㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: PHÁT MINH
Traditional: 發明
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 3
Meaning(verb, noun, verbal noun)
to invent; an invention
Measure words: 个
Examples
纸是中国人发明的。
zhǐ shì zhōng guó rén fā míng de.
Paper was invented by the Chinese.
这是一项很重要的发明。
zhè shì yí xiàng hěn zhòng yào de fā míng.
This is a very important invention.
他发明了一种新机器。
tā fā míng le yì zhǒng xīn jī qì.
He invented a new machine.
Easily confused
- 发现 — 发现 is finding something that already exists; 发明 is creating something new.
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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)
MINH · 8 strokes
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 fā — to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 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