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发动

fā dòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 發動

发动 (fā dòng) means "to start, launch". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 发动 means

1. to start
2. to launch
3. to unleash
4. to mobilize
5. to arouse

The characters in 发动

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 发动机坏掉了。
  The engine died.
• 没有发动反击。
  No counterattack was launched.
• 汤姆发动了引擎。
  Tāngmǔ fādòng le yǐnqíng.
  Tom started the engine.
• 请把发动机关掉。
  Qǐng bǎ fādòngjī guāndiào.
  Please turn off your engine.
• 发动机出问题了吗？
  Is there a problem with the motor?
• 汤姆没法发动他的车。
  Tāngmǔ méifǎ fādòng tā de chē.
  Tom can't get his car started.

Words starting with 发动

• 发动机fā dòng jīengine; motor
• 发动力fā dòng lìmotive power

Words containing 发动

• 推车发动tuī chē fā dòngto push-start (a car)
• 喷气发动机pēn qì fā dòng jījet engine
• 柴油发动机chái yóu fā dòng jīdiesel engine
• 涡轮轴发动机wō lún zhóu fā dòng jīturboshaft
• 涡轮喷气发动机wō lún pēn qì fā dòng jīturbojet

Where 发动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · ēn–fā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fā dòng correctly.
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