发 (髮) fà
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fà
noun
hair
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 髮; as in hair on the head (Guoyu '髮' n 1; Unihan '髮') -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
fā
verb
to occur
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发生 (Han Dian '发' 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) -
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) -
fā
verb
to excavate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 挖掘 (Han Dian '发' 18) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
fā
verb
to sell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 卖出 (Han Dian '发' 26) -
fā
verb
to shoot with a bow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 發 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 1) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
fà
noun
grass and moss
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 髮; especially growing on mountains (Guoyu '髮' n 2) -
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
- 发现物(發現物) finding
- 染发(染髮) to dye one's hair; rinse; tint
- 发簪(發簪) hairpin
- 开发(開發) to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop ; to dismantle; to disassemble; to unpack ; to enlighten; to inspire; to instruct; to teach ; to pay ; to dispatch; to send ; to handle; to take care of; to deal with
- 发案(發案) occurrence; to take place; to occur; to advertise freelance work
- 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
- 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
- 发问(發問) to question; to ask; to raise a question
- 发病(發病) onset or outbreak of a disease
- 洗发露(洗髮露) shampoo
- 火力发电厂(火力發電廠) fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
- 萌发(萌發) to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- 愈发(愈發) all the more; increasingly
- 华发(華髮) gray hair
- 百发百中(百發百中) a hundred shots, a hundred hits; execute a task with great precision
- 发表演讲(發表演講) to give a speech
- 发好人卡(發好人卡) to reject (by labeling a nice guy)
- 千钧一发(千鈞一髮) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death
- 发冠卷尾(髮冠卷尾) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- 发展商(發展商) (real estate etc) developer
- 发送器(發送器) transmitter
- 发售(發售) to sell
- 给发(給發) to grant; to issue
- 越发(越發) increasingly; more and more
- 发烫(發燙) burning hot
- 并发(併發) to be complicated by; to erupt simultaneously
- 直发器(直髮器) hair straightener
- 发病率(發病率) incidence of a disease; disease rate
- 不悱不发(不悱不發) a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts
- 意气风发(意氣風發) full of spirit
- 正电子发射断层照相术(正電子發射斷層照相術) positron emission tomography (PET)
- 发号施令(發號施令) to send orders and give commands
- 爆发性(爆發性) explosive power; explosive
- 解发(解發) to deliver [goods]
- 发怵(發怵) to feel terrified; to grow apprehensive
- 发起人(發起人) proposer; initiator; founding member
- 告发(告發) to lodge an accusation; accusation (law)
- 发脚(髮腳) a length of hair
- 发电厂(發電廠) power plant
- 巧发奇中(巧發奇中) skilled fortune telling
- 延发(延發) delayed action
- 发泄(發洩) to express; to give vent
- 自然发音(自然發音) phonics
- 批发业(批發業) wholesale business; bulk trade
- 洗发精(洗髮精) shampoo
- 直发(直髮) straight hair
- 单人沙发(單人沙發) (upholstered) armchair
- 征发(徵發) to collect tax; to requisition
- 发愁(發愁) to worry
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Truncated for common words
- 《髟部》 Biāo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 22
- 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 18
- 《奔喪》 Rules on Hurrying to the Mourning Rites The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 14
- 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 11
- 卷一百九十八 列傳第一百四十八: 西戎 Volume 198 Biographies 148: Western Regions Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷一百二十五 載記第二十五 乞伏國仁 乞伏乾歸 乞伏熾磐 馮跋 Volume 125 Records 25: Qifu Guoren; Qifu Gangui; Qifu Chipan; Feng Ba Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
- 卷十 帝紀第十 帝 恭帝 Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor An; Emperor Gong Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
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: 25
- 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
- 拾发 (拾髮) 拾發 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — 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