HSK 5 · Media

发表 fābiǎo “to issue” in Chinese

Traditional 發表

What 发表 means

  1. to issue
  2. to publish

How to say 发表

  • 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表biǎo3rd tone, dipping

发表 in a sentence

  1. 他刚发表一系列有趣的文章。

    Tā gāng fābiǎo yíxìliè yǒuqù de wénzhāng.

    He has just published a series of interesting articles.

    Sentence #503295 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我刚在我的博客上发表了一个新帖子。

    Wǒ gāng zài wǒ de bókè shàng fābiǎo le yí ge xīn tiězi.

    I’ve just published a new post on my blog.

    Sentence #5378725 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 它发表在哪里？

    Tā fābiǎo zài nǎlǐ?

    Where was it published?

    Sentence #8511419 from Tatoeba

How 发表 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 表 (biǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
表biǎoexterior surface
  • 毛fur · máo
  • 衣clothes · yī

Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.

How to write 发表

发 5 strokes · 表 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 发表

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

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise表演biǎoyǎn · to perform表格biǎogé · form表达biǎodá · to express表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show代表dàibiǎo · representative表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression

More words: Media & Arts

采访cǎifǎng · to interview出版chūbǎn · to publish传说chuánshuō · legend动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film风格fēnggé · style角色juésè · role开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony美术měishù · art

FAQs

发表 (fābiǎo) means “to issue” or “to publish”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fābiǎo: fā with a 1st tone, then biǎo 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, 发表 is written 發表. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fabiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发表 from the suggestions. Typing fabiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发表 is an HSK 5 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.