发明(fā míng): to invent
to invent
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 发明 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
那是谁发明的？
nà shì shuí fā míng de
Who invented that?
纸是中国发明的。
zhǐ shì zhōng guó fā míng de
Paper was invented in China.
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