发生

fāshēng

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

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 發生

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

别怕,什么都没有发生。

Do not be afraid, nothing happened.

这件事发生在一个晚上。

It all happened one evening.