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发 (fā): to send, to issue

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HSK 3verb

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: to send, to issue
Characters: 1
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 3
Strokes: 5
Radical: 又
Structure: 独体结构

Full definitions

to send out
to show (ones feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to send out
to issue
to develop
to show (one's feeling)
to become rich
measure word for gunshots

Chinese explanation

把东西送出去或交给别人，如发信、发工资
发射或发出，如发炮、发光
产生或发生，如发芽、发病
表达或说出，如发言、发誓
变得有钱或兴旺，如发财、发家。

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Example sentences

I will send you an email tomorrow.

Please send me this document.

He sends a text message to his mom every day.

The teacher posted new exercises online.

He sends many emails every day.

Spring has come, and the trees are sprouting.

He recently got rich doing business.

She always expresses her own opinions.

The policeman fired one bullet.

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