HSK 6 · Verbs

散发 sànfā “to give off” in Chinese

Traditional 散發

What 散发 means

  1. to give off
  2. to emit
  3. to distribute

How to say 散发

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale散sàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level

散发 in a sentence

  1. 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.

    Sentence #465933 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个气体散发出强烈难闻的气味。

    Zhè ge qìtǐ sànfā chū qiángliè nánwén de qìwèi.

    This gas gives off a strong, unpleasant smell.

    Sentence #778769 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我在这个世界散发着自己的光芒。

    Wǒ zài zhè ge shìjiè sànfā zhe zìjǐ de guāngmáng.

    I shine my own light in the world.

    Sentence #13938568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 散发 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 散 (sàn) drawn as one shape
散sànto scatter

散 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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.

How to write 散发

散 12 strokes · 发 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 散发

Words with 散

散步sànbù · to take a walk分散fēnsàn · to scatter解散jiěsàn · to dissolve扩散kuòsàn · to spread散布sànbù · to spread散文sǎnwén · prose

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发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Common Verbs

惹祸rěhuò · to cause trouble容纳róngnà · to hold揉róu · to rub散布sànbù · to spread丧失sàngshī · to lose筛选shāixuǎn · to screen闪烁shǎnshuò · to twinkle捎shāo · to bring along

FAQs

散发 (sànfā) means “to give off” or “to emit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sànfā: sàn with a 4th tone, then fā with a 1st 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, 散发 is written 散發. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sanfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 散发 from the suggestions. Typing sanfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
散发 is an HSK 6 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.