发起

Pinyin: fāqǐ

to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start

Example sentence

敌人对我们发起了攻击。

Dírén duì wǒmen fāqǐ le gōngjī.

The enemy launched an attack on us.

Tatoeba · fucongcong ↗

What 发起 means

发起 (fāqǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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