發軔

See also: 发轫

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	brake
trad. (發軔)		發	軔
simp. (发轫)		发	轫
Literally: “to unblock the wheels of a chariot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fārèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fārèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: farèn
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-jên⁴
    • Yale: fā-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farenn
    • Palladius: фажэнь (fažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ jan⁶
    • Yale: faat yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ jɐn²²/

Verb

發軔

1. (literary) to start

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 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)