发 (發) fā

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. fā verb to occur
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发生 (Han Dian '发' 10)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. fā verb to excavate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 挖掘 (Han Dian '发' 18)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. fā verb to sell
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 卖出 (Han Dian '发' 26)
16. fā verb to shoot with a bow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 1)
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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)
20. 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)
21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)

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• 发散(發散) to disperse; to diverge
• 发烧友(發燒友) fan; zealot
• 起发(起發) to generate wealth
• 自动自发(自動自發) (to act) on one's own initiative
• 发泡胶(發泡膠) expanded polystyrene (EPS); styrofoam
• 研发(研發) research and development
• 自发对称破缺(自發對稱破缺) spontaneous symmetry breaking
• 案发(案發) to investigate a crime on the spot; to occur (of a crime); to be discovered (of a crime)
• 即兴发挥(即興發揮) improvisation
• 展发(展發) to display
• 发出(發出) to send out; to issue
• 发丧(發喪) to hold a funeral
• 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴(有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰) you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree; things do not always turn out as one would expect
• 怒气冲发(怒氣沖發) fuming with anger
• 蒸发(蒸發) to evaporate
• 发布会(發佈會) a press conference
• 传发(傳發) to order somebody to start on a journey
• 收发(收發) to receive and send; to receive and transmit
• 越发(越發) increasingly; more and more
• 发脱口齿(發脫口齒) diction; enunciation
• 触发清单(觸發清單) trigger list
• 发喉急(發喉急) to get in a rage
• 人间蒸发(人間蒸發) to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
• 发言权(發言權) the right of speech
• 发电机(發電機) electricity generator; dynamo
• 航海大发现(航海大發現) Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
• 未开发国家(未開發國家) undeveloped nation
• 朝发夕至(朝發夕至) to leave early and arrive by nightfall
• 蓄势待发(蓄勢待發) to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
• 首发(首發) first issue; first public showing
• 间不容发(間不容髮) a gap the width of a hair; [to escape danger by] a hair's breadth
• 发刊(發刊) to publish; to put out (a document)
• 柴油发动机(柴油發動機) diesel engine
• 白发人送黑发人(白髮人送黑髮人) to see one's child die before oneself
• 突发奇想(突發奇想) suddenly have a thought; suddenly be inspired to do something
• 鸡肤鹤发(雞膚鶴髮) chicken skin, crane hair
• 发型(髮型) hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
• 美发(美髮) hairdressing; beautiful hair
• 正电子发射体层(正電子發射體層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 解发(解發) to deliver [goods]
• 发展中国家(發展中國家) developing country
• 发暗(發暗) to darken; to become tarnished
• 摘奸发伏(摘奸發伏) to expose a villian, revealing their secret plots
• 发姦擿伏(發姦擿伏) to expose a villian, revealing their secret plots

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国家开发银行 、 秃发 、 发声 、 发遣 、 发露 、 发射机应答器 、 非洲开发银行

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• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 70
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 66
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 50
• 卷二百五十三 列傳第一百四十一 王應熊 張至發 薛國觀 程國祥 陳演 魏藻德 Volume 253 Biographies 141: Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan, Cheng Guoxiang, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 卷十五　本紀第十五: 世祖十二 Volume 15 Annals 15: Shizu 12 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 36
• 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 34
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Collocations

• 发政 (發政) 今王發政施仁 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 9
• 公子发 (公子發) 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 (發發) 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 (發命) 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 (毋發) 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
• 发宪 (發憲) 發憲布令其家曰 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 3
• 三发 (三發) 三發 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
• 明发 (明發) 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
• 发来 (發來) 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
• 未发 (未發) 禁於未發之謂豫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《學記》 Record on the Subject of Education — count: 3