fā míng
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  • 1

    v.invent; devise; make an invention

    • yìn shuā shù shì zhōng guó shǒu fā míng de

      印刷术中国发明

      Printing was first invented by the Chinese.

    • ài dí shēng fā míng le diàn dēng

      爱迪生发明电灯

      Edison invented the electric light.

    • huǒ yào shì wǒ guó gǔ dài láo dòng rén mín shǒu xiān fā míng de

      火药古代劳动人民首先发明

      Gunpowder was first invented by the working people in ancient my country.

  • 2

    n.invention

    • tā zhuān zhù yú fā míng

      专注发明

      He is bent on his invention.

    • zhè shì gè liǎo bu qǐ de fā míng

      了不起发明

      This is a wonderful invention.

    • zhè xiàng fā míng huò le jiǎng

      发明

      This invention won an award.

  • 3

    v.fmlexpound/elaborate creatively

    • tā duì yī piān wén zhāng zhǔ tí zuò le fā míng

      文章主题发明

      She expounded the theme of an article.

    • běn shū duì lǎo zǐ de zhé lǐ yǒu pō duō fā míng

      老子哲理发明

      This book does much to expound the philosophy of the Lao Zi.

    • zhè fèn bào gào duì huì yì zhǔ tí pō yǒu fā míng

      报告会议主题发明

      The report does much to expound the subject of the conference.

Word usage

  • "发明" is often matched with measure word "个"or"项"or"些".
    • 发明

      one invention

    • 发明

      one invention

    • 发明

      some inventions

Chinese words with pinyin fa ming