发 (fā) means Send (produce - express - hair). Below are 24 of the 256 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师给我们 发 了新书。
Lǎoshī gěi wǒmen fā le xīn shū.
The teacher handed out new books to us.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 发
我给他 发 了一个电子邮件。
Wǒ gěi tā fā le yí gè diànzǐ yóujiàn.
I sent him an email.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 发
我下午去理 发 。
Wǒ xiàwǔ qù lǐfà.
I am going for a haircut this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理发
报销需要 发 票。
Bàoxiāo xūyào fāpiào.
You need an invoice to claim expenses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发票
这篇论文 发 表了。
Zhè piān lùnwén fābiǎo le.
This paper has been published.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 论文
Reading these is one thing; producing 发 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
可是我在沙 发 上睡着了。
kěshì wǒ zài shāfā shàng shuìzháole.
But I fell asleep on the sofa.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
到家以后我才 发 现手机不见了。
dào jiā yǐhòu wǒ cái fāxiàn shǒujī bùjiàn le / liǎo / liào.
It wasn't until I got home that I noticed it was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
有些东西， 发 消息是给不了的。
yǒuxiē dōngxī, fā xiāoxi shì gěi bùliǎo de / dì.
There are some things a message simply cannot give you.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
发 消息的人用的是小林的名字。
fā xiāoxi de / dì rén yòng de / dì shì xiǎo lín de / dì míngzi.
The name on the message was Xiaolin's.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
后来我 发 现，事情并不是这样。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, shìqing bìngbúshì zhèyàng.
Later I found that wasn't how it worked.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我很不好意思地给卖家 发 了消息。
wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de gěi mài jiā fā le / liǎo / liào xiāoxi.
I messaged the seller, rather embarrassed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
照片已经 发 黄了，边上还有一点破。
zhàopiàn yǐjīng fā huáng le / liǎo / liào, biān shàng háiyǒu yīdiǎn pò.
It had yellowed, and the edge was slightly torn.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
请补 发 。
Qǐng bǔfā.
Please send the missing items.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
几天能 发 ？
Jǐ tiān néng fā?
How many days until it goes out?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
发 appears in 256 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 发
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 发
How is 发 used in a sentence?
This page shows 256 sentences using 发 (fā, "Send (produce - express - hair)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 发 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 发 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 发 an HSK word?
Yes — 发 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 发?
The dictionary page for 发 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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