| 发货 | fā huò | to dispatch; to send out goods |
| 发散 | fā sàn | to disperse; to diverge |
| 发电量 | fā diàn liàng | (generated) electrical energy |
| 发炎 | fā yán | inflamed from infection or injury; inflammation |
| 进发 | jìn fā | to set out; to start |
| 发源地 | fā yuán dì | place of origin; birthplace; source |
| 发号施令 | fā hào shī lìng | to boss people around (idiom) |
| 发怒 | fā nù | to get angry |
| 发笑 | fā xiào | to burst out laughing; to laugh |
| 奋发 | fèn fā | to rouse to vigorous action; energetic mood |
| 长发 | cháng fà | long hair |
| 印发 | yìn fā | to publish; to print and distribute |
| 发狂 | fā kuáng | crazy; mad; madly |
| 点发 | diǎn fā | to fire in bursts; shooting intermittently |
| 告发 | gào fā | to lodge an accusation; accusation (law) |
| 发疯 | fā fēng | to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind |
| 抒发 | shū fā | to express (an emotion); to give vent |
| 迸发 | bèng fā | to burst forth |
| 阐发 | chǎn fā | to elucidate; to expound; to study and explain |
| 签发 | qiān fā | to issue (a document); to sign and issue officially |
| 发信 | fā xìn | post a letter |
| 发菜 | fà cài | long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae; also called faat choy or hair moss |
| 涡轮轴发动机 | wō lún zhóu fā dòng jī | turboshaft |
| 发端 | fā duān | beginning; origin; to originate; to initiate |
| 毛发 | máo fà | hair |
| 发条 | fā tiáo | spring; coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork) |
| 发面 | fā miàn | to leaven dough; to make bread |
| 须发 | xū fà | hair and beard |
| 复发 | fù fā | to recur (of a disease); to reappear; to relapse (into a former bad state) |
| 发家 | fā jiā | to lay down a family fortune; to get rich; to become prosperous |
| 发胀 | fā zhàng | to swell up; swelling |
| 发软 | fā ruǎn | to weaken; to go soft (at the knees) |
| 发扬光大 | fā yáng guāng dà | to advocate; to promote; to advertise; to carry out propaganda on behalf of; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development; to develop and promote |
| 暴发户 | bào fā hù | newly rich; parvenu; upstart |
| 发冷 | fā lěng | to feel a chill (as an emotional response); to feel cold (as a clinical symptom) |
| 发刊 | fā kān | to publish; to put out (a document) |
| 发迹 | fā jì | to rise to power and position |
| 发呆 | fā dāi | to daydream; lost in thought |
| 发奋 | fā fèn | to make an effort; to push for sth; to work hard |
| 发昏 | fā hūn | to faint |
| 发毛 | fā máo | to rant and rave; to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) |
| 益发 | yì fā | increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more |
| 收发室 | shōu fā shì | mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission) |
| 汽轮发电机 | qì lún fā diàn jī | steam turbine electric generator |
| 照发 | zhào fā | to provide as before; unaltered provision; an authorized issue |
| 发刊词 | fā kān cí | foreword; preface (to a publication) |
| 发情期 | fā qíng qī | the breeding season (zool.); oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) |
| 生发 | shēng fā | to emerge and grow; to develop |
| 发包 | fā bāo | to put out to contract |
| 发急 | fā jí | to fret; to get impatient; to become anxious |
