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发

fā · fa/fà · fa

Traditional 發 / 髮

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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fā 發

  1. to send out
  2. to show (one's feeling)
  3. to issue
  4. to develop
  5. to make a bundle of money
  6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)

fà 髮

  1. hair
  2. Taiwan pr. [fǎ]
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Sending the address

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)把(bǎ)地址(dìzhǐ)发(fā)给(gěi)我(wǒ)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)快(kuài)到(dào)了(le)。

    Send me the address. I am almost there.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)发(fā)给(gěi)你(nǐ)。发(fā)好(hǎo)了(le)。

    OK, I will send it to you. Sent.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)没(méi)收到(shōudào)，你(nǐ)发(fā)给(gěi)谁(shéi)了(le)？

    I did not get it. Who did you send it to?

  4. Liangliang

    啊(a)？我(wǒ)发(fā)给(gěi)我(wǒ)妈妈(māma)了(le)。

    Huh? I sent it to my mom.

  5. Dengdeng

    什么(shénme)？你(nǐ)妈妈(māma)看到(kàndào)地址(dìzhǐ)，会(huì)来(lái)的(de)！

    What? Your mom will see the address and come!

  6. Liangliang

    太(tài)晚(wǎn)了(le)，她(tā)已经(yǐjīng)回复(huífù)了(le)：我(wǒ)马上(mǎshàng)到(dào)！

    Too late. She already replied: I will be right there!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)收(shōu)到(dào)了(le)我(wǒ)发(fā)的(de)邮(yóu)件(jiàn)了(le)吗(ma)？

Did you get my letter?

Tatoeba: Chinese by pig8322 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

过(guò)年(nián)时(shí)，小(xiǎo)刘(liú)的(de)单(dān)位(wèi)给(gěi)每(měi)位(wèi)员(yuán)工(gōng)发(fā)一(yí)袋(dài)面(miàn)粉(fěn)。

For the new year, Liu's company gives every employee a bag of flour.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by egg0073 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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