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发展

fā zhǎn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 發展

发展 (fā zhǎn) means "development". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 发展 means

1. development
2. growth
3. to develop
4. to grow
5. to expand

The characters in 发展

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit

Example sentences

• 工业发展迅速。
  Industry was growing quickly.
• 中国发展得很快。
  China is developing very quickly.
• 中国很快地发展。
  China developed very quickly.
• 中国发展得太快了。
  China's developing too quickly.
• 印度是发展中国家。
  India is a developing country.
• 上海发展得快不快？
  Is Shanghai developing quickly?

Words starting with 发展

• 发展中国家fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiādeveloping country
• 发展商fā zhǎn shāng(Hong Kong) (real estate etc) developer
• 发展中fā zhǎn zhōngdeveloping; under development; in the pipeline
• 发展研究中心Fā zhǎn Yán jiū Zhōng xīnDevelopment Research Center (PRC State Council institution)

Words containing 发展

• 可持续发展kě chí xù fā zhǎnsustainable development
• 经济发展jīng jì fā zhǎneconomic development
• 科学发展观Kē xué Fā zhǎn guānScientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu…
• 事态发展shì tài fā zhǎncourse of events
• 国家发展计划委员会Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Jì huà Wěi yuán huìPRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning…
• 经济合作与发展组织Jīng jì Hé zuò yǔ Fā zhǎn Zǔ zhīOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); abbr. to 经合组织
• 国家发展改革委Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Gǎi gé WěiPRC National Development and Reform Commission
• 国家发展和改革委员会Guó jiā Fā zhǎn hé Gǎi gé Wěi yuán huìPRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
• 香港贸易发展局Xiāng gǎng Mào yì Fā zhǎn júHong Kong Trade Development Council
• 上海浦东发展银行Shàng hǎi Pǔ dōng Fā zhǎn Yín hángShanghai Pudong Development Bank

Where 发展 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievements & outcomes (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fā zhǎn correctly.
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