Traditional: 出動
出动 (chū dòng) means “to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 出動) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
消防队紧急出动了。
Xiāofángduì jǐnjí chū dòng le.
The fire brigade was dispatched urgently.
Updated: 2026-07-18