发展

Character by character

• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair
• 展zhǎn10 strokesHSK 3open, unfold; stretch, extend

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

Example sentences

• 中国发展得很快。

  Zhōng guó fā zhǎn de hěn kuài

  China is developing very quickly.

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• 中国很快地发展。

  Zhōng guó hěn kuài de fā zhǎn

  China developed very quickly.

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• 中国发展得太快了。

  Zhōng guó fā zhǎn de tài kuài le

  China's developing too quickly.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 发展. 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)

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 发表fā biǎoHSK 3

  to issue; to publish

• 展示zhǎn shìHSK 5

  to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit

• 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)

• 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)

• 进展jìn zhǎnHSK 3

  to make headway; to make progress

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

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

• 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

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

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

• 展现zhǎn xiànHSK 5

  to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display

• 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)

• 发型fà xíngHSK 7

  hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo

• 沙发shā fāHSK 3

  sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 发送fā sòngHSK 3

  to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)

• 发言fā yánHSK 3

  to make a speech; statement; utterance