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发作

fā zuò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 發作

发作 (fā zuò) means "to flare up; to break out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 发作 means

1. to flare up; to break out

The characters in 发作

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign

Example sentences

• 我哮喘发作了。
  Wǒ xiàochuǎn fāzuò le.
  I had an asthma attack.
• 他的心脏病要发作了。
  Tā de xīnzàngbìng yào fāzuò le.
  He's going to have a heart attack.

Words starting with 发作

• 发作性嗜睡病fā zuò xìng shì shuì bìngnarcolepsy

Words containing 发作

• 心脏病发作xīn zàng bìng fā zuòheart attack; to have a heart attack
• 恐慌发作kǒng huāng fā zuòpanic attack
• 癫痫发作diān xián fā zuòepileptic seizure

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fā zuò correctly.
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