散发 meaning in English

sànfā

to distribute; to emit; to give off

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 散發17 strokes

Meaning of 散发

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sànfā
  1. to distribute; to emit; to give off

散发 in example sentences

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

这zhè朵duǒ花huā散sàn发fà出chū强qiáng烈liè的de香xiāng味wèi。
This flower gives off a strong fragrance.
这zhè个ge气qì体tǐ散sàn发fà出chū强qiáng烈liè难nán闻wén的de气qì味wèi。
The gas gives off a strong, unpleasant smell.
我wǒ在zài这zhè个ge世shì界jiè散sàn发fà着zhe自zì己jǐ的de光guāng芒máng。
I shine light in the world.

Stroke order for each character

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

散 sàn · to scatter · 12 strokes

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发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 散发.

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
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
散步sànbùto take a walk; to go for a walk
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
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch

Questions about 散发

What does 散发 mean?

散发 (sànfā) means "to distribute; to emit; to give off" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 散发?

散发 is made of 2 characters: 散 (12 strokes), 发 (5 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 散发 an HSK word?

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

How is 散发 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 散发 is written 散發.