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发现

fā xiàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 發現

发现 (fā xiàn) means "to notice; to become aware of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 发现 means

1. to notice; to become aware of
2. to discover; to find; to detect
3. a discovery

The characters in 发现

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 现xiànto appear; present; now

Example sentences

• 谁发现了镭?
  Shéi fāxiàn le léi?
  Who discovered radium?
• 他们发现了。
  They found out.
• 谁发现了美洲？
  Shéi fāxiàn le Měizhōu?
  Who discovered America?
• 镭是谁发现的？
  Léi shì shéi fāxiàn de?
  Who was radium discovered by?
• 我发现了真相。
  I discovered the truth.
• 你发现了什么？
  What did you find?

Words starting with 发现

• 发现物fā xiàn wùa find
• 发现号Fā xiàn HàoSpace Shuttle Discovery

Words containing 发现

• 案发现场àn fā xiàn chǎngcrime scene
• 良心发现liáng xīn fā xiàn(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned…

Where 发现 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognitive & Communication Verbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
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