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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 发起
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 发起 | fā qǐ | - to originate - to initiate - to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) - to start - to propose sth (for the first time) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 6 | 6,926 | 3,992 | 3,896 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 发 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - to make a bundle of money - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 | fà | - hair - Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - starting from (a time, place, price etc) - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
Other Words Containing 发起
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.