发生/發生 fāshēng — to happen, to occur

Meanings

1. 1

   to happen, to occur

   发, to emit or set off, and 生, to arise — an event coming into being, always something unplanned or at least unscheduled: an accident, a change, a story.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 生

  shēng (first tone, high and level)

  to be born; to grow; to give birth to; life; raw, uncooked; unfamiliar, strange

  5 strokesRadical 生

Example sentences

• 这件事情发生在去年夏天。/這件事情發生在去年夏天。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling) shìqing (fourth tone, falling) fāshēng (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) qùnián (fourth tone, falling) xiàtiān. (fourth tone, falling)···

  This happened last summer.

• 谁也不知道会发生什么。/誰也不知道會發生什麼。Shéi (second tone, rising) yě (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) zhīdào (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling) fāshēng (first tone, high and level) shénme. (second tone, rising)···

  No one knows what will happen.

Similar words

Words containing 生

• 生活shēng (first tone, high and level) huó (second tone, rising)life
• 生shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 产生/產生chǎnshēng (third tone, dipping)to produce, to give rise to, to arise
• 生命shēng (first tone, high and level) mìng (fourth tone, falling)life
• 先生xiānsheng (first tone, high and level)Mr, sir
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 一生yī (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)all one's life; throughout one's life
• 生日shēngrì (first tone, high and level)birthday
• 女生nǚ (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolgirl
• 生气/生氣shēngqì (first tone, high and level)to get angry, to be cross
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 生物shēng (first tone, high and level) wù (fourth tone, falling)organism
• 生产/生產shēng (first tone, high and level) chǎn (third tone, dipping)childbirth
• 生病shēngbìng (first tone, high and level)to fall ill, to be sick
• 生存shēng (first tone, high and level) cún (second tone, rising)to exist