Meaning of 发放
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to provide
- to give
- to grant
How to use 发放
发放 is a fairly formal verb used for organizations giving out money, goods, or documents to many people, such as wages, subsidies, loans, or certificates. Example: 公司每月十号发放工资。(Gōngsī měi yuè shí hào fāfàng gōngzī.) The company pays out wages on the tenth of every month.
发 (fā) means to send out, and 放 (fàng) means to let go or release. When an office sends something out and lets it go into people's hands, it is 发放, to hand out or distribute.
Common mistake: Learners often use 发放 for giving a single gift to a friend. In that case 送 (sòng) or 给 (gěi) is natural, while 发放 suggests an official, large-scale distribution. Also keep both tones clear: fā is first tone and fàng is fourth tone.
发放 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes
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放 fàng · to put · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 发放.
| 放学 | fàngxué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 放假 | fàngjià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 发现 | fāxiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
| 出发 | chūfā | to set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba |
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured |
| 发生 | fāshēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl |
| 发展 | fāzhǎn | development; growth |
| 发出 | fāchū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou |
| 放到 | fàngdào | |
| 发明 | fāmíng | to invent; an invention |
Questions about 发放
What does 发放 mean?
发放 (fāfàng) means "to provide; to give" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 发放?
发放 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 放 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 发放 an HSK word?
Yes. 发放 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 发放 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 发放 is written 發放.
What is the difference between 发放 and 发 on its own?
发 (fā) is the everyday spoken choice, as in 发工资 (fā gōngzī) to pay wages. 发放 means much the same but sounds more formal and appears often in news, notices, and official documents.
What nouns commonly go with 发放?
Common objects include 工资 (gōngzī) wages, 补贴 (bǔtiē) subsidies, 贷款 (dàikuǎn) loans, 物资 (wùzī) supplies, and 证书 (zhèngshū) certificates. These are things handed out by an organization to a group of people.