始發 [－发]

Jyutping ci2 faat3
Pinyin shǐ fā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
  2. to start (being issued or circulated)
  3. to start (happening)
  4. originating
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to begin to take place, send out, dispatch or issue; to originate
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    只跑了一点点，膝盖就开始发抖。
    只跑了一點點，膝蓋就開始發抖。
    zhǐ pǎo le yī diǎn diǎn ， xī gài jiù kāi shǐ fā dǒu 。
    • All I did was run a little and now my knees are wobbly.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我玩咗几粒钟手机，部机开始发热。
    我玩咗幾粒鐘手機，部機開始發熱。
    • I've been using my mobile phone for hours and it is quite hot now.
  2. Cantonese
    尸体发现嘅时候已经开始发臭。
    屍體發現嘅時候已經開始發臭。
    • The corpse stank when it was discovered.
  3. Cantonese
    啲药力开始发喇，我有啲想瞓。
    啲藥力開始發喇，我有啲想瞓。
    di1 joek6 lik6 hoi1 ci2 faat3 laa3, ngo5 jau5 di1 soeng2 fan3.
    • The drug is working. It's making me drowsy.
  4. Cantonese
    呢条友食完野冇钱比就开始发难!
    呢條友食完野冇錢比就開始發難!
    ne1 tiu4 jau5 sik6 jyun4 je5 mou5 cin2 bei2 zau6 hoi1 ci2 faat3 naan6
    • this guy can't pay for the meal so he is throwing tantrums around !
  5. Cantonese
    男人过咗三十岁就会开始发胖。
    男人過咗三十歲就會開始發胖。
    • Most men become fat after 30.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    始发站
    始發站
    shǐ fā zhàn
    • station of departure
  2. Mandarin
    我发现我最近只要一心情难过，家长就开始发我小时候照片，性别焦虑拉满了。
    我發現我最近只要一心情難過，家長就開始發我小時候照片，性別焦慮拉滿了。
    wǒ fā xiàn wǒ zuì jìn zhǐ yào yī xīn qíng nán guò ， jiā cháng jiù kāi shǐ fā wǒ xiǎo shí hòu zhào piàn ， xìng bié jiāo lǜ lā mǎn le ．
    • I found out that recently, whenever I got sad, my parents would send me photos of me in my childhood, which triggered my gender dysphoria.
  3. Mandarin
    敌之财政和经济已开始表现其竭蹶状态，人民和士兵的厌战情绪已开始发生。
    敵之財政和經濟已開始表現其竭蹶狀態，人民和士兵的厭戰情緒已開始發生。
    dí zhī cái zhèng hé jīng jì yǐ kāi shǐ biǎo xiàn qí jié jué zhuàng tài ， rén mín hé shì bīng de yàn zhàn qíng xù yǐ kāi shǐ fā shēng ．
    • Signs of exhaustion are beginning to appear in his finances and economy; war-weariness is beginning to set in among his people and troops.