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Chinese
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to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop |
end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular |
| trad. (發端)
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發
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端
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| simp. (发端*)
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发
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端
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Pronunciation
Verb
發端
- to begin (in); to start (from); to originate (from)
Synonyms
- 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
- 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
- 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
- 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
- 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
- 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
- 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
- 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
- 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)
Noun
發端
- beginning; origin
- 歐洲發端／欧洲发端 ― Ōuzhōu fāduān ― European origin
Synonyms
- 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
- 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
- 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
- 萌 (literary)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
- 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
- 開端／开端 (kāiduān)
- 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
- 首端 (shǒuduān)
Derived terms
Korean
Noun
發端 • (baldan) (hangeul 발단)
- Hanja form? of 발단 (“beginning; origin”).