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

• 发好人卡(發好人卡) to reject (by labeling a nice guy)
• 益发(益發) increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
• 吓得发抖(嚇得發抖) tremble with fear
• 发行红利股(發行紅利股) a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
• 发奋(發奮) to make an effort
• 挥发性(揮發性) volatility
• 多发性骨髓瘤(多發性骨髓瘤) multiple myeloma
• 发姦擿伏(發姦擿伏) to expose a villian, revealing their secret plots
• 打发时间(打發時間) to pass the time
• 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 金发碧眼(金髮碧眼) fair-haired and blue-eyed; blonde; of Western appearance
• 发刊(發刊) to publish; to put out (a document)
• 发达(發達) developed; flourishing ; influential; prestigious
• 大发(大發) excessive; formidible ; for an issue to expand in size ; to become suddenly rich ; Daihatsu
• 自发粉(自發粉) self-rising flour
• 一语不发(一語不發) to not say a word
• 进发(進發) to set out; to start
• 缓发中子(緩發中子) delayed neutron
• 下发(下發) to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels; to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
• 剪头发(剪頭髮) (to get a) haircut
• 喷气发动机(噴氣發動機) jet engine
• 发粉(發粉) baking powder
• 发明家(發明家) inventor
• 发射井(發射井) launching silo
• 隐忍不发(隱忍不發) to keep one's emotions inside oneself; to restrain one's emotions
• 并发(併發) to be complicated by; to erupt simultaneously
• 发烧(發燒) to have a fever
• 理发(理髮) to get a haircut; to style hair
• 发射(發射) to shoot; to fire; to launch
• 拜科努尔航天发射基地(拜科努爾航天發射基地) Baikonur Cosmodrome
• 承发(承發) to receive and forward [a message]
• 奋发图强(奮發圖強) to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
• 剪发(剪髮) to cut hair
• 沙发(沙發) sofa
• 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
• 商业发票(商業發票) commercial invoice
• 蒸发空调(蒸發空調) evaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
• 发榜(發榜) to publish a roll-call of successful candidates
• 耳发(耳髮) (men) sideburns; (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
• 胚胎发生(胚胎發生) embryogenesis
• 开发商(開發商) developer; real estate developer; developing studio
• 无线电收发机(無線電收發機) transceiver; radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
• 涨发(漲發) to rise
• 百发百中(百發百中) a hundred shots, a hundred hits; execute a task with great precision

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 飘风发 (飄風髮) 飄風發發 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧蓼莪 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Liao E — count: 2