发动
fā​dòng HSK3

to start

发动 發動 fā​dòng
to start verb
To start or turn on a machine or engine

把车发动起来。

bǎ chē fā​dòng qǐ lái.

Start the car.

引擎已经10年没发动过。

yǐn​qíng yǐ​jing10 nián méi fā​dòng guo.

The engines haven't been started in a decade.

to launch verb
To start an action or event; to unleash or initiate a major project like a war or campaign

你发动了这次战争。

nǐ fā​dòng le zhè​cì zhàn​zhēng.

You started this war.

to mobilize
To organize and encourage people to act or participate in a cause; to arouse or rally a crowd
to go into labor
To experience the onset of labor pains before childbirth

Frequency
Movie subtitles
18.7 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
45.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)