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Trad. 發
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
Trad. 發威
- to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
Trad. 發射
- to shoot (a projectile)
- to fire (a rocket)
- to launch
- to emit (a particle)
- to discharge
- emanation
- emission
Trad. 發情
- (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
Trad. 發懵
- to feel dizzy
- to be confused
- to be at a loss
- to stare blankly
- Taiwan pr. [fa1 meng2]
Trad. 發揮
- to display
- to exhibit
- to bring out implicit or innate qualities
- to express (a thought or moral)
- to develop (an idea)
- to elaborate (on a theme)
Trad. 發文
- to issue a document
- document issued by an authority
- outgoing messages
- (Internet) to post an article online
Trad. 轉發
- to transmit
- to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)
- to pass on
- to republish (an article from another publication)
Trad. 發案
- occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act)
- to take place
- to occur
- to advertise freelance work
Trad. 發條
- clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc)
- (attributive) windup; clockwork
Trad. 刊發
- (of a newspaper or magazine) to publish (an article, story, report etc); to carry
Trad. 扣發
- to deprive
- to withhold
- to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
Trad. 髮小
- (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with
- a couple who grew up as childhood friends
Trad. 發熱
- to have a high temperature
- feverish
- unable to think calmly
- to emit heat
Trad. 發燒
- to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
- (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over
- (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
Trad. 髮菜
- long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae
- also called faat choy or hair moss
Trad. 發現
- to notice; to become aware of
- to discover; to find; to detect
- a discovery
Trad. 案發
- (of a crime) to occur
- (old) (of a crime) to be discovered
- to investigate a crime on the spot
Trad. 發病
- (of an illness) to occur
- (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill
- onset (of a medical condition)
Trad. 打發
- to dispatch sb to do sth
- to make sb leave
- to pass (the time)
- (old) to make arrangements
- (old) to bestow (alms etc)
Trad. 沙發
- sofa (loanword)
- CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]
- (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
Trad. 舉發
- to expose (e.g., wrongdoing)
- to accuse (in court)
- to impeach
- to denounce
Trad. 發票
- invoice; receipt; bill
- uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4])
Trad. 發福
- to put on weight
- to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
Trad. 發稿
- (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer
- (of a journalist) to send a dispatch
Trad. 併發
- to happen simultaneously
- (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another); (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously
- (computing) concurrent
Trad. 發糕
- fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Year
Trad. 祝髮
- to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
Trad. 發聲
- to produce a sound; to vocalize
- to give voice; to articulate views or demands
Trad. 復發
- to recur (of a disease)
- to reappear
- to relapse (into a former bad state)
Trad. 束髮
- to tie up one's hair
- (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
Trad. 高發
- (of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence
- (old) to score highly in the imperial exams
Trad. 發芽
- (of a seed) to germinate
- (of a plant) to sprout; to bud
- (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
Trad. 發蒙
- (old) to instruct the young
- to teach a child to read and write
- as easy as ABC
Trad. 啟發
- to enlighten
- to explain (a text etc)
- to stimulate (a mental attitude)
- enlightenment
- revelation
- motivation
Trad. 耳髮
- (men) sideburns
- (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
Trad. 發貼
- to stick sth up (on the wall)
- to post (on a noticeboard or website)
Trad. 削髮
- to shave one's head
- fig. to become a monk or nun
- to take the tonsure
Trad. 發起
- to originate
- to initiate
- to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
- to start
- to propose sth (for the first time)
Trad. 破發
- (of a stock) to fall below the issue price
- (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局[po4 fa1 qiu2 ju2])
Trad. 發送
- to transmit
- to dispatch
- to issue (an official document or credential)
Trad. 開發
- to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop