HSK 4 · Verbs

发展 fāzhǎn “development” in Chinese

Traditional 發展

What 发展 means

  1. development
  2. growth
  3. to develop
  4. to grow
  5. to expand

How to say 发展

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale展zhǎn3rd tone, dipping

发展 in a sentence

  1. 今年我们公司的发展速度大大超过去年。

    Jīnnián wǒmen gōngsī de fāzhǎn sùdù dàdà chāoguò qùnián.

    Our company is growing much faster this year than last year.

    Sentence #717313 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 它也会促进城市的经济发展。

    Tā yě huì cùjìn chéngshì de jīngjì fāzhǎn.

    It will also boost the city’s economic development.

    Sentence #765314 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 发展 can also be a verb, “to develop; to build up”

    她想去北京发展她的事业。

    Tā xiǎng qù Běijīng fāzhǎn tā de shìyè.

    She wants to go to Beijing to build her career.

    Sentence #2448819 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发展 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 展 (zhǎn) drawn as one shape
展zhǎnto spread out

展 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 发展

发 5 strokes · 展 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发展 (fāzhǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发展 (fāzhǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发展

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech启发qǐfā · to inspire

Words with 展

展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display开展kāizhǎn · to launch施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show进展jìnzhǎn · progress展望zhǎnwàng · outlook

More words: Common Verbs

丢diū · to lose堵车dǔchē · traffic jam放松fàngsōng · to relax发生fāshēng · to happen翻译fānyì · to translate放弃fàngqì · to renounce放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays符合fúhé · in keeping with

FAQs

发展 (fāzhǎn) means “development” or “growth”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fāzhǎn: fā with a 1st tone, then zhǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发展 is written 發展. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fazhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发展 from the suggestions. Typing fazhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发展 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.