发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发酵
fājiào
to ferment; to brew; to develop gradually
Characters in this word
酵 jiào
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 孝 filial piety, obedience
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面团发酵得不充分，烤出来的面包自然不够松软。 Miàntuán fājiào de bù chōngfèn, kǎo chūlai de miànbāo zìrán bú gòu sōngruǎn. If the dough has not fermented sufficiently, the baked bread will naturally not be soft enough.
- 酸奶需要在温暖的地方发酵几个小时。 Suānnǎi xūyào zài wēnnuǎn de dìfang fājiào jǐ ge xiǎoshí. Yogurt needs to ferment in a warm place for a few hours.
- 这件事在网上慢慢发酵，越来越多的人开始讨论。 Zhè jiàn shì zài wǎngshàng mànmàn fājiào, yuè lái yuè duō de rén kāishǐ tǎolùn. This matter gradually built up online, and more and more people began to discuss it.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech