HSK 5 · Verbs

发挥 fāhuī “to bring into play” in Chinese

Traditional 發揮

What 发挥 means

  1. to bring into play
  2. to give full play to (talent etc)
  3. to perform (in an exam or match)
  4. to display
  5. to exhibit
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to bring out implicit or innate qualities
  • to express (a thought or moral)
  • to develop (an idea)
  • to elaborate (on a theme)

How to say 发挥

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale挥huī1st tone, high and level

发挥 in a sentence

  1. 发挥您的想象力。

    Fāhuī nín de xiǎngxiànglì.

    Use your imagination.

    Sentence #11698187 from Tatoeba

  2. 为了保持竞争力，我们得发挥我们的优势。

    Wèile bǎochí jìngzhēnglì, wǒmen děi fāhuī wǒmen de yōushì.

    To remain competitive, we’ve got to play to our strengths.

    Sentence #13363500 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆最近在工作中发挥不太好。

    Tāngmǔ zuìjìn zài gōngzuò zhōng fāhuī bú tài hǎo.

    Tom hasn’t been performing very well at work lately.

    Sentence #2485269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发挥 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 挥 (huī) with each of its parts in a different colour
挥huīto wave
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 军army · jūn

How to write 发挥

发 5 strokes · 挥 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 发挥

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 挥

挥huī · to wave指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct挥霍huīhuò · to squander

More words: Common Verbs

对待duìdài · to treat蹲dūn · to crouch躲藏duǒcáng · to conceal oneself发抖fādǒu · to tremble发明fāmíng · to invent翻fān · to turn over反应fǎnyìng · to react妨碍fáng'ài · to hinder

FAQs

发挥 (fāhuī) means “to bring into play” or “to give full play to (talent etc)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fāhuī: fā with a 1st tone, then huī 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, 发挥 is written 發揮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fahui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发挥 from the suggestions. Typing fahui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发挥 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.