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发明

fā míng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 發明 Measure word 个

发明 (fā míng) means "to invent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 发明 means

1. to invent
2. an invention

The characters in 发明

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 他发明了轮子。
  Tā fāmíng le lúnzi.
  He invented the wheel.
• 谁发明了电话？
  Who invented the telephone?
• 爱不过是发明。
  Love is only an invention.
• 那是谁发明的？
  Who invented that?
• 贝尔发明了什么？
  What was invented by Bell?
• 电话是谁发明的？
  Who invented the telephone?

Words starting with 发明

• 发明家fā míng jiāinventor
• 发明者fā míng zhěinventor
• 发明人fā míng réninventor
• 发明创造fā míng chuàng zàoto invent and innovate; inventions and innovations

Words containing 发明

• 四大发明sì dà fā míngthe Four Great Inventions…
• 需要是发明之母xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔNecessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

Where 发明 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Science, Research & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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