发 - fà - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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发 (髮)

fà

Definition

hair
Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Other pronunciations

fā

to send (emails, text messages...)
to send out
to distribute
to emit
to issue
to shoot
to utter
to express
to show (one's feeling)
to become
to come to be

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

废

fèi

to abolish; to give up; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; waste; useless; abandoned; disused; invalid; crippled

拨

bō

to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch

泼

pō

to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish

see 袯襫

see see 醱酵|酦酵[fa1 jiao4]

酦

pō

to ferment alcohol; Taiwan pr. [po4]

Related words (83)

hair (on the head)

bun hair extension

hair grip; hair clip

hair roller; curl (of hair)

发型

fà xíng

hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo

hair clip

first wife

(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends

barber's shop

headband

hair salon; hairdresser's shop

发式

fà shì

hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo

hair whorl

headband

tresses; dreadlocks

hairnet

hair gel

a length of hair

long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae; also called faat choy or hair moss

pomade

braid

hair clip

hair worn in a bun or coil

发型师

fà xíng shī

hair stylist; hairdresser; Barber('s shop)

发冠卷尾

fà guān juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

发型设计师

fà xíng shè jì shī

hairstylist

放射性发光材料

fàng shè xìng fā guāng cái liào

radiophosphor

wig; hairpiece

to shave one's head; (fig.) to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure

(literary) gray hair

to curl hair; curly hair; wavy hair

发放

fā fàng

to provide; to give; to grant

hair extensions

to bind one's hair; headband

染发

rǎn fà

rinse; to dye (one's hair); tint

hair

a hair; the slightest

perm (hairstyle)

barber; (to get a) haircut; to give somebody a haircut; to do one's hair; to go to the hairdresser; hairdressing

white or gray hair

straight hair

to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)

beautiful hair

(in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age

美发

měi fà

hairdressing; beautiful hair

脱发

tuō fà

baldness; to lose hair or feathers; to molt; depilation

金发

jīn fà

blond; blonde; fair-haired

银发

yín fà

silver hair; gray hair

long hair

hair and beard

luxuriant black hair

hair on the temples

black hair

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

hair curler

hair conditioner

hair conditioner

hair dye; rinse; tint

shampoo

shampoo

shampoo (liquid)

shampoo

shampoo powder

shampoo

shampoo

hair conditioner

hair conditioner

(Taiwan) barber's shop; hairdresser's

barber

barber

barbershop; hairdresser; hair salon; hair shop; hair stylist

理发院

lǐ fà yuàn

barber's shop; hair parlor

生发剂

shēng fà jì

hair restorer; hair regrowth tonic

hair straightener

see 直发器

hairdresser; beautician

剃发留辫

tì fà liú biàn

to shave the head but keep the queue

shampoo

old and gray-haired

disheveled

fair-haired and blue-eyed; blonde; of Western appearance

牵一发而动全身

qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn

(lit.) pull one hair and the whole body moves; (fig.) a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect

白发人送黑发人

bái fà rén sòng hēi fà rén

to see one's child die before oneself

Idioms (9)

发指眦裂

fà zhǐ zì liè

hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged; in a towering rage

令人发指

lìng rén fà zhǐ

to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles

千钧一发

qiān jūn yī fà

a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death

怒发冲冠

nù fà chōng guān

(lit.) hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom); (fig.) seething in anger; raise one's hackles

披头散发

pī tóu sàn fà

with dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down

擢发难数

zhuó fà nán shǔ

(lit.) as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom); (fig.) innumerable (crimes)

毫发不爽

háo fà bù shuǎng

not to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom); to be extremely accurate

秀发垂肩

xiù fà chuí jiān

beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

间不容发

jiān bù róng fà

(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening); Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]

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