How to say “develop” in Chinese

“Develop” in Chinese is 发展, fā zhǎn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

发展 is read fā zhǎn: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “发展”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 发展. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 这个城市发展得很快zhègechéngshìfāzhǎndehěnkuàiThis city is developing very fast.
• 教育对国家的发展很重要。jiàoyùduìguójiādefāzhǎnhěnzhòngyàoEducation is very important for a country's development.
• 科技的发展让生活更方便了。kējìdefāzhǎnràngshēnghuógèngfāngbiànleThe development of science and technology has made life more convenient.
• 社会发展得很快shèhuìfāzhǎndehěnkuàiSociety is developing very fast.
• 这几年，科技发展得非常迅速。zhèjǐnián,kējìfāzhǎndefēichángxùnsùIn recent years technology has been developing very rapidly.
• 经济处于稳定发展的阶段。jīngjìchǔyúwěndìngfāzhǎndejiēduànThe economy is at a stage of stable development.

More words from the lesson “Changes”

• 变 change
• 变成 turn into
• 变化 change
• 影响 influence
• 为 by
• 为了 for the sake of

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