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发明
fā míng
to invent

HSK 5Legendary

What does 发明 mean?

发明 (pinyin: fā míng) means to invent. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 发明

爱ài迪dí生shēng发明fā míng了le电diàn灯dēng。
Edison invented the electric light bulb.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 发 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 明

The characters of 发明

发fāto send (HSK 4)
明míngcomponent character

Related HSK 5 words

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电池diàn chíbattery
突出tū chūoutstanding, prominent
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赔偿péi chángto compensate, to indemnify
地震dì zhènearthquake
从此cóng cǐfrom then on, since then
瞎xiāblind

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