HSK 6 · Verbs

发扬 fāyáng “to carry forward” in Chinese

Traditional 發揚

What 发扬 means

  1. to carry forward
  2. to promote
  3. to develop
  4. to make full use of

How to say 发扬

  • 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扬yáng2nd tone, rising

发扬 in a sentence

  1. 我们要发扬团队精神。

    Wǒmen yào fāyáng tuánduì jīngshén.

    We need to build on our team spirit.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这些好传统应该发扬下去。

    Zhèxiē hǎo chuántǒng yīnggāi fāyáng xiàqu.

    These good traditions should be carried forward.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 发扬 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 扬 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
扬yángto raise
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 昜bright · yángSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáng.

How to write 发扬

发 5 strokes · 扬 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 发扬

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 扬

表扬biǎoyáng · to praise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise飘扬piāoyáng · to flutter

More words: Common Verbs

放大fàngdà · to enlarge访问fǎngwèn · to visit防止fángzhǐ · to prevent反抗fǎnkàng · to resist逢féng · to come across封闭fēngbì · to seal off奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate分散fēnsàn · to scatter

FAQs

发扬 (fāyáng) means “to carry forward” or “to promote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāyáng: fā with a 1st tone, then yáng 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, 发扬 is written 發揚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fayang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发扬 from the suggestions. Typing fayang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发扬 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.