发 (髮) fà

1. fà noun hair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 髮; as in hair on the head (Guoyu '髮' n 1; Unihan '髮')
2. fā verb to send out; to issue; to emit; to radiate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发出 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 1; Han Dian '发' 4)
3. fā measure word round
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Traditional: 發; used for bullets and artillery shells (Guoyu '發' n)
4. fā verb to hand over; to deliver; to offer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 送出 or 付出 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 8)
5. fā verb to express; to show; to be manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 显现 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 7; Han Dian '发' 30)
6. fā verb to start out; to set off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 起程; as in 出发 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 5)
7. fā verb to open
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; 发 is synonymous with 拨 or 开 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen: 發，撥也，撥使開也。(Guoyu '發' v 3; Han Dian '发' 6)
8. fā verb to requisition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 征发 or 征调 (Han Dian '发' 8)
9. fā verb to occur
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发生 (Han Dian '发' 10)
10. fā verb to declare; to proclaim; to utter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发布 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 12)
11. fā verb to express; to give vent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; to an emotion; in the sense of 抒发 or 发泄 (Han Dian '发' 14)
12. fā verb to excavate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 挖掘 (Han Dian '发' 18)
13. fā verb to develop; to cultivate; to grow; to bloom; to flower
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 生長 or 生長、產生 (Guoyu '發' v 2)
14. fā verb to get rich
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Wealth
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 发财 (Han Dian '发' 24)
15. fā verb to rise; to expand; to inflate; to swell
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 兴起 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 4)
16. fā verb to sell
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 卖出 (Han Dian '发' 26)
17. fā verb to shoot with a bow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 1)
18. fā verb to rise in revolt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 发难 (Han Dian '发' 34)
19. fā verb to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to initiate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 提出 (Han Dian '发' 35)
20. fā verb to enlighten; to inspire
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 启发 (Guoyu '發' v 6)
21. fā verb to publicize; to make known; to show off; to spread
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 传扬 (Han Dian '发' 38)
22. fā verb to ignite; to set on fire
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 点燃 (Han Dian '发' 41)
23. fā verb to sing; to play
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 歌唱 or 表演 (Han Dian '发' 45)
24. fā verb to feel; to sense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 感到 (Han Dian '发' 46)
25. fā verb to act; to do
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 行动 (Han Dian '发' 47)
26. fà noun grass and moss
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 髮; especially growing on mountains (Guoyu '髮' n 2)
27. fà proper noun Fa
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
    Notes: Traditional: 髮; especially growing on mountains (Guoyu '髮' n 2)

Contained in

• 生发(生發) to emerge and grow; to develop
• 发泄(發洩) to express; to give vent
• 正电子发射层析(正電子發射層析) positron emission tomography (PET)
• 发指眦裂(髮指眥裂) hair standing up and eyes wide in anger; enraged; in a towering rage
• 普列谢茨克卫星发射场(普列謝茨克衛星發射場) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
• 发兵距险(發兵距險) sent troops to defend the passes
• 自发粉(自發粉) self-rising flour
• 发行备忘录(發行備忘錄) offering memorandum (for public stock issue); publication memorandum
• 发运(發運) (of goods) to dispatch; shipment; shipping
• 发衔(髮銜) unbound hair
• 涡轮轴发动机(渦輪軸發動機) turboshaft
• 发暗(發暗) to darken; to become tarnished
• 发作性嗜睡病(發作性嗜睡病) narcolepsy
• 发光强度(發光強度) luminous intensity
• 沙发(沙發) sofa
• 暴发(暴發) to break out
• 护发乳(護髮乳) hair conditioner
• 火发(火發) an outbreak of fire
• 发交(發交) to issue and deliver (to people)
• 大发雷霆(大發雷霆) to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage
• 收发(收發) to receive and send; to receive and transmit
• 发扬踔厉(發揚踔厲) to be full of vigor
• 正电子发射体层(正電子發射體層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 正电子发射计算机断层(正電子發射計算機斷層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 理发师(理髮師) barber
• 发夹(髮夾) hair clip
• 发牢骚(發牢騷) to whine; to be grouchy
• 白发苍苍(白髮蒼蒼) old and gray-haired
• 多发性骨髓瘤(多發性骨髓瘤) multiple myeloma
• 发声器(發聲器) sound device
• 脱发(脫髮) baldness; to lose hair or feathers; to molt; depilation
• 承发(承發) to receive and forward [a message]
• 蒸发热(蒸發熱) latent heat of evaporation
• 发愣(發愣) to daydream; in a daze
• 发奖(發獎) to award a prize
• 剪头发(剪頭髮) (to get a) haircut
• 海洋温差发电(海洋溫差發電) ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
• 蒸发(蒸發) to evaporate
• 发小(髮小) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
• 发慌(發慌) to become agitated; to feel nervous
• 烫发(燙髮) perm (hairstyle)
• 发祥(發祥) to give rise to; to emanate from
• 形态发生素(形態發生素) morphogen
• 批发价(批發價) wholesale price
• 虚发(虛發) to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
• 白发被两鬢(白髮被兩鬢) white hair covers my temples
• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing
• 批发价格(批發價格) wholesale price

Also contained in

秃发 、 异频雷达收发机 、 发运使

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• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
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Collocations

• 括发 (括髮) 袒括髮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 24
• 发袒 (髮袒) 括髮袒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《奔喪》 Rules on Hurrying to the Mourning Rites — count: 9
• 公子发 (公子髮) 鄭伯使公子發來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 发发 (髮髮) 鱣鮪發發 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 6
• 毋发 (毋髮) 毋發我笱 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 4
• 发命 (髮命) 遂發命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 未发 (未髮) 禁於未發之謂豫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《學記》 Record on the Subject of Education — count: 3
• 发来 (髮來) 鄭伯使公子發來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 明发 (明髮) 明發不寐 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 3
• 壹发 (壹髮) 壹發五豝 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧騶虞 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Zou Yu — count: 2