发动

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 司机发动汽车,缓缓驶出了车库。▶ —
   The driver started the car and slowly pulled out of the garage.
2. 他们试图发动群众参与这项活动。▶ —
   They tried to mobilize the public to take part in the campaign.

Collocations

Mnemonic

发 fā "to emit, set off" + 动 dòng "to move": to set in motion, i.e. to start (an engine), to mobilize (people), to launch (a war). Polyphone: 发 is fā "to emit" but fà "hair" (头发 tóufà); the simplified 发 merges 發 fā and 髮 fà.

Related

Quick check

1. How is the polyphone 发 read in 头发 (hair)?

   • fà
   • fā
   • fǎ
   • fa