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发起

fāqǐ

Traditional: 發起

to originate

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Meaning of 发起 in English

fāqǐHSK 5verbSyllabus #2321
  1. to originate
  2. to initiate
  3. to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. to start
  5. to propose sth (for the first time)

Example sentences

  1. 敌人对我们发起了攻击。
    dí rén duì wǒ men fā qǐ le gōng jī。
    The enemy launched an attack on us.
    Tatoeba #335861 by fucongcong · #278676 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

发 on its own →
fā · to send out

HSK words with 发

发HSK 3出发HSK 3发烧HSK 3发生HSK 3发现HSK 3发展HSK 3沙发HSK 3头发HSK 3发出HSK 4发送HSK 4
起 on its own →
qǐ · classifier for occurrences or unpredicta

HSK words with 起

起床HSK 1对不起HSK 1起来HSK 2一起HSK 2起HSK 3起飞HSK 3起到HSK 4引起HSK 4提起HSK 5了不起HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences