发 生

fāshēng

“To happen” in Chinese is 发生 (fāshēng).

Meaning

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

Example

在哪里发生？

Where did it happen?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fāHSK 25 strokesto send out shēngHSK 15 strokesto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

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