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发出

fā chū

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 發出

发出 (fā chū) means "to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 发出 means

1. to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
2. to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

The characters in 发出

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 不要发出声音。
  Don't make a noise.
• 它发出巨响爆炸了。
  Tā fāchū jùxiǎng bàozhà le.
  It exploded with a loud noise.
• 我们昨天发出了邀请。
  Wǒmen zuótiān fāchū le yāoqǐng.
  We sent out the invitations yesterday.

Words starting with 发出

• 发出指示fā chū zhǐ shìto issue instructions

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