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散发

sàn fā

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

散发 (sàn fā) means "to distribute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 散发 means

1. to distribute; to emit; to give off

The characters in 散发

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 脏袜子散发臭气。
  Zāng wàzi sànfā chòuqì.
  These dirty socks stink.
• 这朵花散发出强烈的香味。
  Zhè duǒ huā sànfā chū qiángliè de xiāngwèi.
  This flower gives off a strong fragrance.
• 这个气体散发出强烈难闻的气味。
  Zhège qìtǐ sànfā chū qiángliè nánwén de qìwèi.
  The gas gives off a strong, bad smell.
• 我在这个世界散发着自己的光芒。
  I shine light in the world.
• 贞子意识到，在生命将尽之际，曾经平凡无奇的事物，也会散发永恒的美。
  Sadako realized that, near death, even what was once mundane glows with an everlasting beauty.
• 安娜引人注目的杏仁状眼睛继承了她的亚洲血统，散发着迷人的深度和一丝神秘感。
  Anna's striking almond-shaped eyes, inherited from her Asian lineage, exude a captivating depth and a hint of mystery.

Words containing 散发

• 披头散发pī tóu sàn fàwith dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down
• 蓬头散发péng tóu sàn fàdisheveled

Where 散发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chà–shǎn (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sàn fā correctly.
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