Chinese word dictionary

发表

fābiǎo · to issue; to publish

Practice word

Word information

Simplified发表

Traditional發表

Pinyinfābiǎo

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

发fā

to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

表biǎo

to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch

How to learn 发表

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

手表shǒubiǎo

wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]

表演biǎoyǎn

play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]

出发chūfā

to set off; to start (on a journey)

发fā

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

发烧fāshāo

to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular

发生fāshēng

to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out