HSK 6 · Media

发行 fāxíng “to issue” in Chinese

Traditional 發行

What 发行 means

  1. to issue
  2. to release
  3. to publish
  4. to distribute

How to say 发行

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

发行 in a sentence

  1. 新邮票将于下个月发行。

    Xīn yóupiào jiāng yú xià ge yuè fāxíng.

    New stamps will be issued next month.

    Sentence #801408 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 发行 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 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
  • 彳step · chì
  • 亍to take small steps · chù

Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

How to write 发行

发 5 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 发行

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 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do行李xíngli · luggage行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk自行车zìxíngchē · bike银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card行xíng · OK进行jìnxíng · to advance流行liúxíng · popular举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting

More words: Media & Arts

雕刻diāokè · to carve雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript公告gōnggào · announcement工艺品gōngyìpǐn · handicraft轰动hōngdòng · sensation

FAQs

发行 (fāxíng) means “to issue” or “to release”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāxíng: fā with a 1st tone, then xíng with a 2nd 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, 发行 is written 發行. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type faxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发行 from the suggestions. Typing faxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发行 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.