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發言

fā yán

B1 Level 5
Separable verb

發言 (fā yán) is a Chinese word meaning “to make a speech”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to make a speech
  2. statement
  3. utterance

Stroke order

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Example

開會的時候，他發言了好幾次。

He spoke several times during the meeting.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).