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发达 meaning in English

fādá

well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand

HSK 3adjectiveTraditional 發達11 strokes

Meaning of 发达

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fādá
  1. well-developed; flourishing
  2. to develop; to promote; to expand
  3. (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper

How to use 发达

发达 is most often an adjective for countries, economies, technology, transport, or body parts like muscles. You will often see it in 发达国家 (fādá guójiā), developed country. Example: 这个城市的交通很发达。(Zhège chéngshì de jiāotōng hěn fādá.) This city's transportation is very well-developed.

发 (fā) means to send out or grow, as in 发展 (fāzhǎn), and 达 (dá) means to reach, as in 到达 (dàodá). Something that has grown out and reached far is 发达, well-developed.

Common mistake: Learners often use 发达 where 发展 (fāzhǎn) is needed. 发展 is the process of developing, while 发达 describes the result, so say 经济发展很快 (the economy is developing fast) but 经济很发达 (the economy is well-developed). Also keep both syllables in second and first tone order correct: fā then dá, not fà dà.

发达 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men公gōng司sī的de技jì术shù已yǐ经jīng达dá到dào了le发fā达dá国guó家jiā九jiǔ十shí年nián代dài的de水shuǐ平píng。
Our company's technology has already reached the level of a developed country in the 1990s.
中zhōng国guó大dà陆lù的de沿yán海hǎi城chéng市shì普pǔ遍biàn比bǐ内nèi陆lù城chéng市shì发fā达dá。
Chinese coastal cities are generally more developed than the inland ones.
因yīn为wèi缺quē乏fá的de政zhèng府fǔ的de关guān注zhù，这zhè个ge区qū域yù还hái不bù发fā达dá。
This area is still underdeveloped because of a lack of interest from the government.
一yì般bān说shuō来lái，男nán生shēng的de肌jī肉ròu比bǐ女nǚ生shēng发fā达dá。
Generally speaking, men are physically stronger than women.
尽jǐn管guǎn美měi国guó是shì个gè发fā达dá国guó家jiā，却què还hái有yǒu些xiē很hěn贫pín穷qióng的de人rén。
Even though America is a developed country, it still has some very poor people.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

达 dá · to reach · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 发达.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
到达dàodáto reach; to arrive
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
达到dádàoto reach; to achieve; to attain
表达biǎodáto express; to convey
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish

Questions about 发达

What does 发达 mean?

发达 (fādá) means "well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 发达?

发达 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 达 (6 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 发达 an HSK word?

Yes. 发达 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 发达 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发达 is written 發達.

How do you say developing country and developed country in Chinese?

A developed country is 发达国家 (fādá guójiā). A developing country is 发展中国家 (fāzhǎn zhōng guójiā), literally a country in the middle of developing.

Can 发达 describe a person?

In modern speech it usually describes things like economies or muscles, as in 肌肉发达 (jīròu fādá), very muscular. The older literary sense of a person becoming rich and famous still appears in phrases like 他发达了 (tā fādá le), he has made it big, often said a little jokingly.

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