發動

See also: 发动

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (發動)		發	動
simp. (发动)		发	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fādòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ dung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fat-thung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-tǒng / hoat-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fādòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fadòng
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: fā-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fadonq
    • Palladius: фадун (fadun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ dung⁶
    • Yale: faat duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad` tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚² tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huag⁴ dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²⁻⁴ toŋ³⁵/

Verb

發動

1. to start; to initiate; to launch; to unleash; to wage

   發動兵變／发动兵变  ―  fādòng bīngbiàn  ―  to start a mutiny

   發動政變／发动政变  ―  fādòng zhèngbiàn  ―  to stage a coup

   發動戰爭／发动战争  ―  fādòng zhànzhēng  ―  to start a war

2. to mobilize; to arouse

   發動民眾／发动民众  ―  fādòng mínzhòng  ―  to mobilize the people

Derived terms

• 發動力／发动力
• 發動機／发动机 (fādòngjī)

 

Related terms

• 動員／动员 (dòngyuán)
• 發起／发起 (fāqǐ)