引发 meaning in English

yǐnfā

to lead to; to trigger

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 引發9 strokes

Meaning of 引发

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yǐnfā

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

这zhè样yàng的de计jì划huà会huì引yǐn发fā很hěn多duō问wèn题tí。

Such a plan will give rise to many problems.

自zì慰wèi引yǐn发fā疯fēng狂kuáng。

Masturbation leads to insanity.

空kōng气qì中zhōng的de微wēi粒lì可kě以yǐ引yǐn发fā癌ái症zhèng。

Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

他tā们men小xiǎo型xíng的de示shì威wēi引yǐn发fā了le一yī场cháng大dà规guī模mó的de游yóu行xíng。

Their small protest triggered a mass demonstration.

日rì本běn发fā生shēng规guī模mó8.9的de强qiáng烈liè地dì震zhèn，引yǐn发fā强qiáng大dà海hǎi啸xiào。

An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.

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Words that share a character with 引发.

发现	fāxiàn	to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
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)
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
发明	fāmíng	to 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	fābiǎo	to issue; to publish
发动	fādòng	to start; to launch
发送	fāsòng	to transmit; to dispatch
开发	kāifā	to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

What does 引发 mean?

引发 (yǐnfā) means "to lead to; to trigger" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 引发?

引发 is made of 2 characters: 引 (4 strokes), 发 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 引发 an HSK word?

Yes. 引发 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 引发 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 引发 is written 引發.