发發 fā — to send (a message, an email)
fā (first tone, high and level)fa1
Traditional: 發
to send (a message, an email)
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardverb
Meanings
to send (a message, an email)
Sending something out from where you are — a message, an email, a photograph. What travels is information rather than a parcel; a parcel you hand over or post is 送.
verbto hand out, to issue
verbRead fà — written 髮 in traditional characters — the same simplified form means hair, as in 头发. At the head of a compound 发 often carries a third idea, "to come out": 发现 to come upon, 发烧 to come out in a fever.
Example sentences
- 我给他发了一个电子邮件。我給他發了一個電子郵件。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) gěi (third tone, dipping) tā (first tone, high and level) fāle (first tone, high and level) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn. (second tone, rising)···
I sent him an email.
- 你什么时候给我发照片？你什麼時候給我發照片？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) shénme (second tone, rising) shíhou (second tone, rising) gěi (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) fā (first tone, high and level) zhàopiàn? (fourth tone, falling)···
When are you going to send me the photos?
Common mistakes
Not quite我给你送一个电子邮件。
Correct我给你发一个电子邮件。
送 delivers a thing, and usually a person carries it. Anything that goes down a wire — a message, an email, a photograph — is 发.