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發動

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 use; to act; to move to use; to act; to move; to change
trad. (發動)		發	動
simp. (发动)		发	动

Verb

發動

to start; to launch; to mobilize; to arouse
發動兵變 / 发动兵变 ― fādòng bīngbiàn ― to start a mutiny
to unleash

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fādòng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ dung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fat-thung
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fādòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fadonq
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ dung⁶
  - Yale: faat duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ tʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad` tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵ tung⁴
  - IPA: /fat̚² tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: huat-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/