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发言

fā yán

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

发言 (fā yán) means "to speak up, make a speech". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 发言 means

1. to make a speech
2. statement
3. utterance

The characters in 发言

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 今晚谁发言？
  Who is going to speak tonight?
• 他突然发言了。
  All at once, he spoke out.
• 她透过传译员发言。
  She spoke through an interpreter.
• 他是个迷人的发言人。
  Tā shì ge mírén de fāyánrén.
  He's a captivating speaker.

Words starting with 发言

• 发言人fā yán rénspokesperson
• 发言权fā yán quánthe right to speak; the right to express one's views

Words containing 发言

• 新闻发言人xīn wén fā yán rénspokesman

Sounds the same

Read fā yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 发炎to become inflamed; inflammation

Where 发言 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Media, Broadcasting & Culture Spread (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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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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