| 发泡剂 | fā pào jì | foaming agent; blowing agent |
| 发起人 | fā qǐ rén | proposer; initiator; founding member |
| 发红 | fā hóng | flush (face) |
| 发奖 | fā jiǎng | to award a prize |
| 发病率 | fā bìng lǜ | incidence of a disease; disease rate |
| 发誓 | fā shì | to vow; to pledge; to swear |
| 发脾气 | fā pí qì | to get angry |
| 发愁 | fā chóu | to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad |
| 发言权 | fā yán quán | the right of speech |
| 发泄 | fā xiè | to give vent to (anger, lust etc); to take it out on sb |
| 发源 | fā yuán | to rise; to originate; source; derivation |
| 发难 | fā nàn | (to be first to) rise in revolt; to raise difficult questions |
| 发烧 | fā shāo | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 发狂 | fā kuáng | crazy; mad; madly |
| 发疯 | fā fēng | to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind |
| 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 |
| 发端 | fā duān | beginning; origin; to originate; to initiate |
| 发条 | fā tiáo | spring; coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork) |
| 发面 | fā miàn | to leaven dough; to make bread |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 发包 | fā bāo | to put out to contract |
| 发急 | fā jí | to fret; to get impatient; to become anxious |
| 发颤 | fā zhàn | to shiver |
| 发包 | fà bāo | bun hair extension |
| 发辫 | fà biàn | braid |
| 发报 | fā bào | to send a message |
| 发配 | fā pèi | to send away to serve a penal sentence |
| 发奋图强 | fā fèn tú qiáng | to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better; to pull one's socks up |
| 发交 | fā jiāo | to issue and deliver (to people) |