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发出

fā chū · fa chu

Traditional 發出

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
  2. to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
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Strange sound

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)听到(tīngdào)了(le)吗(ma)？有(yǒu)东西(dōngxi)在(zài)发出(fāchū)声音(shēngyīn)。

    Do you hear that? Something is making a sound.

  2. Dengdeng

    好像(hǎoxiàng)是(shì)从(cóng)你(nǐ)的(de)包(bāo)里(lǐ)发出(fāchū)来(lái)的(de)。

    It sounds like it is coming from your bag.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)包(bāo)？哦(ò)，是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)！

    My bag? Oh, it is my phone!

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)为什么(wèishénme)发出(fāchū)鸭子(yāzi)的(de)叫声(jiàoshēng)？

    Why does your phone make a duck sound?

  5. Liangliang

    这(zhè)是(shì)新(xīn)闹钟(nàozhōng)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)高高兴兴(gāogāoxìngxìng)地(de)起床(qǐchuáng)！

    It is a new alarm. I want to wake up happy!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

水(shuǐ)发(fā)出(chū)汩(gǔ)汩(gǔ)声(shēng)，火(huǒ)发(fā)出(chū)噼(pī)啪(pā)声(shēng)。

Water gurgles while fire crackles.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by uxintro · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

剃(tì)须(xū)刀(dāo)发(fā)出(chū)了(le)嗡(wēng)嗡(wēng)的(de)响(xiǎng)声(shēng)。

The razor made a buzzing sound.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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发
fā

to send out; to show (one's feeling)

出
chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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