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出發

简 出发 · 繁 出發
Mandarin · pinyin chū fā

Meanings

  1. to set off; to start (on a journey)
  2. (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or basis)
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出
chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
發
fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
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1–1 · chu1 fa1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceot1 faat3

Cantonese word readings for 出發. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ceot1 faat3

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. (literally) to start on a journey; to depart; to set off; to set out
  2. (figuratively) to start from (in considering something); to adopt a particular attitude or perspective

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