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发生

fā shēng

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 發生

What 发生 means

1. to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

The characters in 发生

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 事故发生。
  Accidents happen.
• 在哪里发生？
  Where did it happen?
• 发生了甚么事？
  What is happening?
• 其实没有发生。
  That didn't really happen.
• 那有时会发生。
  That happens sometimes.
• 它偶尔会发生。
  It happens occasionally.

Words starting with 发生

• 发生关系fā shēng guān xito have sexual relations with sb; to have dealings with
• 发生率fā shēng lǜrate of occurrence

Words containing 发生

• 形态发生素xíng tài fā shēng sùmorphogen
• 胚胎发生pēi tāi fā shēngembryogenesis

Sounds the same

Read fā shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 发声to produce a sound; to vocalize; to give voice; to articulate views or demands