发展

• 拼音: fā zhǎn
• 汉字拆解: 发 = simplified from 發, meaning to arise; 展 = 尸 (body) + components below, meaning to unfold or display

含义

To develop; development. Describes the process of growing, progressing, or expanding over time.

Extremely common in Chinese, used for economic development (经济发展), personal growth (个人发展), relationship development (感情发展), and urban expansion (城市发展). Can function as both a verb and a noun. A core word in news, politics, and business.

例句

1. 中国的经济发展得非常快。
2. 这个城市这几年发展了很多。
3. 公司正在考虑未来的发展方向。

用法指南

语境: economics, society, personal growth

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 科技的发展改变了我们的生活。(The development of technology has changed our lives.)
• 我们要发展新的业务。(We need to develop new business.)

错误说法

• 我的身体发展了 (For physical growth, use 长高了 or 成长 — 发展 is for systems, economies, and abstract progress, not physical body changes)

起源与历史

Compound of 发 (to arise, emit) and 展 (to unfold, expand), meaning to unfold and grow — to develop progressively.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal