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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 发生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
发生 fā shēng - to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 184 240 655

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
发 fā- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发 fà- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 发生

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
发生 4 3 184 240 655
发生率 - - 48,906 8,322 41,397