發現

fāxiàn

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Process verbNoun

發現 (fāxiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to notice; to become aware of”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery

Stroke order

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Example

老師發現他沒來。

The teacher noticed he didn't come.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).