Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Draw a character Search 15 entries. fāmíng 发明 to invent fāmíng 發明 to invent fǎmíng 法名 name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) fāmíngjiā 发明家 inventor fāmíngjiā 發明家 inventor fāmíngzhě 发明者 inventor fāmíngzhě 發明者 inventor fāmíngrén 发明人 inventor fāmíngrén 發明人 inventor sìdàfāmíng 四大发明 the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China) sìdàfāmíng 四大發明 the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China) fāmíngchuàngzào 发明创造 to invent and innovate fāmíngchuàngzào 發明創造 to invent and innovate xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ 需要是发明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ 需要是發明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).