发 明

fāmíng

verbnounHSK 3

“To invent” in Chinese is 发明 (fāmíng).

Meaning

to invent
an invention

Example

纸是中国发明的。

Paper was invented in China.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fāHSK 25 strokesto send out míngHSK 18 strokesMing Dynasty (1368–1644)

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