# 发动 (fādòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发动 (fādòng) means “to launch; to start; to mobilize”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to launch; to start; to mobilize
- Pinyin: fādòng (fa1 dong4)
- Traditional: 發動
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 天气太冷，汽车发动不了了。
  Tiānqì tài lěng, qìchē fādòng bùliǎo le.
  It's too cold; the car won't start.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-dong-launch/

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