发挥

Character by character

• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair
• 挥huī9 strokesHSK 4 traditional 揮direct; wipe away; squander

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

Example sentences

• 发挥您的想象力。

  Fā huī nín de xiǎng xiàng lì

  Use your imagination.

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• 因为你们公司的业务能够发挥我的特长。

  Yīn wèi nǐ men gōng sī de yè wù néng gòu fā huī wǒ de tè cháng

  Because your business can play to my strengths.

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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 发挥. 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)

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

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

• 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

• 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)

• 指挥zhǐ huīHSK 4

  to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra)

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 挥huīHSK 7

  to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse

• 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

• 发作fā zuòHSK 7

  to flare up; to break out

• 发起fā qǐHSK 6

  to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)