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发起

fā qǐ

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 發起

发起 (fā qǐ) means "to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 发起 means

1. to originate
2. to initiate
3. to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
4. to start
5. to propose sth (for the first time)

The characters in 发起

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 他发起攻击。
  He launched an attack.
• 他们发起新任务。
  They launched a new mission.

Words starting with 发起

• 发起人fā qǐ rénproposer; initiator; founding member

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