- 发芽：~ yá, sprout burgeoning
- 发票：~ piào, n. receipt; originally to give out or distribute tickets
- 发条：~ tiáo, n. the winding inside a mechanism that unwinds
- 发信／通知：~ xìn/tōng zhī, v. to send out or drop off letters or announcements
- 发胖：~ pàng, v. to become fat, 发福fú, v. to become lucky and put on weight
- 发财：~ caí, v. to become rich and wealth
- 发霉：~ méi, v. to grow mold, bacteria or fungi
- 发光：~ guāng, v. to shine, to give out light; 发火：~ hǔo, v. to be furious
- 发炎：~ yán, v. to become infected
- 发生：~ shēng, v. to happen, occur, and take place
- 发展：~ zhǎn, v. to develop
- 发扬：~ yáng, v. to exalt and promote
- 发现：~ xiàn, v. discover, uncover, find out
- 发掘：~ jué v. uncover (a coal mine)
- 发觉：~ jué, v. to sense, discern or notice
- 发明：~ míng, v. to invent
- 发言：~ yán, v. to speak up or express oneself verbally
- 发表：~ biǎo, v. to publish and make known
- 发布：~ bù, v. to publicize and issue forth (e.g. edict)
- 发起：~ qǐ, v. to establish or initiate or instigate
- 发动：~ dòng, v. to mobilize, organize, bring to motion
- 发挥：~ huī, v. to put to use, apply
- 发配：~ pèi, v. to assign someone to an official post,
- 发育：~ yù, v. to grow up and mature
- 发情：~ qíng, v. to be in the mood for mating
- 发泄：~ xìe, v. to give vent to or release (anger, lust, etc.)
- 发病：~ bìng, v. to become sick and ill
- 发疯：~ fēng, v. to become crazy, and lose mind
- 发烧：~ shāo, v. to run a fever
- 发闷：~ mèng, v. to be suffocated, congested；
- 发荤：~ hūn v. dizzy and light-headed
- 发怵：~ chù, v. to be apprehensive and afraid
- 发呆：~ daī v. to be numb, foolish, and sedated
- 发愣：~ lèng, v. to be transplanted and rendered immobile
- 发虚：~ xū, v. to be weak and feeble
- 发音：~ yīn, v. to enunciate and pronounce
- 发奋：~ fèn v. to shape up and do one’s best
- 发家：~ jiā, v. to become prosperous
- 发难：~ nàn, v. to make trouble, rock the boat
- 发热／冷：~ rè lěng, v. to feel hot or cold
- 发脾气：~ pí qi, v. to have a temper tantrum
- 发善心：~ shàn xīn, v. to have a kind heart, mercy, compassion, and sympathy