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发生

fāshēng

Traditional: 發生

to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a problem arises")

HSK 3

Meaning of 发生 in English

fāshēngHSK 3verbSyllabus #616
  1. to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a problem arises")

Example sentences

  1. 这事发生在很多年以前。
    zhè shì fā shēng zài hěn duō nián yǐ qián。
    It happened a long time ago.
    Tatoeba #1446972 by asosan · #6024 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我真想知道发生了什么。
    wǒ zhēn xiǎng zhī dào fā shēng le shén me。
    I really want to know what's going on.
    Tatoeba #5630422 by verdastelo9604 · #4113277 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆有让那发生的能力。
    tāng mǔ yǒu ràng nà fā shēng de néng lì。
    Tom has the ability to make that happen.
    Tatoeba #9960187 by GlossaMatik · #6245754 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences