发展
Pinyin: fā zhǎn
to develop
Example sentence
这个城市发展得很快。
Zhège chéngshì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.
This city is developing fast.
What 发展 means
发展 (fā zhǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to develop”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.