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爆发

bào fā

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 爆發

爆发 (bào fā) means "to break out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 爆发 means

1. to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

The characters in 爆发

• 爆bàoto explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 活火山会定期爆发。
  Huóhuǒshān huì dìngqī bàofā.
  The active volcano erupts at regular intervals.
• 战争随时可能爆发。
  War may break out at any moment.
• 战争于1941年爆发。
  War broke out in 1941.
• 她和她父亲的争吵爆发了。
  Tā hé tā fùqīn de zhēngchǎo bàofā le.
  An argument erupted between her and her father.
• 这座火山在这年内爆发了两次。
  Zhè zuò huǒshān zài zhè niánnèi bàofā le liǎng cì.
  The volcano has erupted twice this year.
• 在全体职员回家后，火事爆发了。
  Zài quántǐ zhíyuán huíjiā hòu, huǒ shì bàofā le.
  The fire broke out after the staff went home.

Words starting with 爆发

• 爆发力bào fā lìexplosive power (in athletics, music, dance etc); dynamic intensity
• 爆发性bào fā xìngexplosive power; explosive

Words containing 爆发

• 火山爆发huǒ shān bào fāvolcanic eruption
• 火山爆发指数huǒ shān bào fā zhǐ shùvolcanic explosivity index (VEI)
• 寒武爆发hán wǔ bào fāthe Cambrian explosion
• 寒武纪大爆发Hán wǔ jì dà bào fāthe Cambrian explosion
• 寒武纪生命大爆发Hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fāthe Cambrian explosion

Sounds the same

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

• 暴发to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)

Where 爆发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bào–bǎo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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