發
fābō HSK2

send out

发 發 fā frequency
to happen verb
To occur; to take place; to come into existence

通常，我们必须在事发后很久，才对事件进行研究。

tōng​cháng, wǒ​men bì​xū zài shì fā hòu hěn jiǔ, cái duì shì​jiàn jìn​xíng yán​jiū.

Usually we have to study the events long after the fact.

to send out verb
To send out; to issue; to distribute; to deliver (as in mail, letters, or faxes).

我现在给你发个文件。

wǒ xiàn​zài gěi nǐ fā ge wén​jiàn.

I'm sending you a file now.

她正在发新视频。

tā zhèng​zài fā xīn shì​pín.

She's posting a new video.

to develop verb
To develop; to expand; to rise (of bread or food) or grow (of buds or plants).

蛋糕会发不起来。

dàn​gāo huì fā bu qǐ lai.

The cake won’t rise.

to show verb
To manifest or express a feeling or emotion, such as anger

不，我在抒发情感呢，看到吗？

bù, wǒ zài shū fā qíng gǎn ne, kàn dào ma?

No, I'm expressing my feelings, see?

to shoot verbparticle
To shoot; to fire; to emit (as in an arrow or bullet).
to set out verb
To start a journey; to depart
to feel verb
To feel or have a physical sensation, such as a fever or sleepiness

你是不是发烧了？

nǐ shì​bu​shì fā shāo le?

Are you running a fever?

to turn verb
To become or change into a certain state or color, such as turning yellow or becoming soft

别担心，你不会发胖的。

bié dān xīn, nǐ bù​huì fā pàng de.

Don't worry, you won't get fat.

to make a fortune verb
(slang) To make a fortune; to get rich; to hit the jackpot.
[round]
Measure word for gunshots, ammunition, or rounds of shells.
surname
A Chinese surname
发 發 bō
[archaic]
(archaic) Used in ancient texts; related to starting or beginning.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
47th most common 2960.7 per million
Movie subtitles
87th most common 1870.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
188.5 per million appears in 51% of films
Written text
379.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
发
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+767C

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)