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HSK
to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect / a discovery
HSK 2
to set off / to start (on a journey)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 2
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand
HSK 3
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
HSK 3
to issue / to publish
HSK 3
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
invoice; receipt; bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票)
HSK 4
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation
HSK 5
to become aware / to detect / to realize / to perceive
HSK 5
to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission
HSK 5
variant of 發布|发布
HSK 5
to get angry
HSK 6
(of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition)
HSK 6
to become inflamed / inflammation
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
research and development / to develop
HSK 6
to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out
HSK 6
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
spokesperson
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
to vow / to pledge / to swear
HSK 7-9
to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions)
HSK 7-9
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
to not say a word (idiom)
HSK 7-9
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
to develop / to make full use of
HSK 7-9
development zone
HSK 7-9
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
to arouse / to stimulate / (physics) to excite
HSK 7-9
starting point / (fig.) basis / motive
HSK 7-9
to get rich
HSK 7-9
wholesale / bulk trade / distribution
HSK 7-9
to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature
HSK 7-9
to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation
HSK 7-9
to sprout / to shoot / to bud
HSK 7-9
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
to stare blankly; to be in a daze
HSK 7-9
to give vent to (one's feelings)
HSK 7-9
to flare up; to break out
HSK 7-9
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
to excavate / to explore / (fig.) to unearth / to tap into
HSK 7-9
to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad
HSK 7-9
spontaneous
HSK 7-9
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
to occur suddenly
HSK 7-9
to shine / to glow / to irradiate / to flash
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
to tremble / to shake / to shiver
HSK 7-9
to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state)
HSK 7-9
to induce / to cause / to elicit / to trigger
HSK 7-9
to ferment / (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
HSK 7-9
increasingly / more and more / ever more / all the more
HSK 7-9
to issue / to promulgate / to award
HSK 7-9
face glowing (idiom); looking radiant / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
to broadcast
sustainable development
transmitter
to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage
to exert oneself; to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum; to perform strongly
prosperous and developing / flourishing
developing country
to sweat
form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
developer
(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
to give a speech
to distribute / distribution / to assign (sb) to a job
to wilt / to droop / to appear listless
course of events
to post (an item on a forum)
to burst out laughing / to laugh
news conference
to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
Asian Development Bank
inventor
(idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck

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