发现
fā xiàn
HSK 3traditional 發現

How to write 发现 (fā xiàn) in Chinese

发现 (pinyin: fā xiàn, written "fa xian" or "faxian") means to notice; to become aware of. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 发现.

Meaning

  • to notice; to become aware of
  • to discover; to find; to detect
  • a discovery

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Examples

我下班回到家门口才发现,钥匙忘在办公室了。
wǒ xià bān huí dào jiā mén kǒu cái fā xiàn, yào shi wàng zài bàn gōng shì le.
I only realised when I got to my front door after work: I'd left my keys at the office.
摸了摸口袋,发现钱包不见了。我立刻紧张起来。
mō le mō kǒu dài, fā xiàn qián bāo bú jiàn le. wǒ lì kè jǐn zhāng qǐ lái.
I patted my pocket and discovered my wallet was gone. I tensed up immediately.
小王发现自己每天醒来第一件事是看手机,睡前最后一件事也是看手机。
Xiǎo Wáng fā xiàn zì jǐ měi tiān xǐng lái dì yī jiàn shì shì kàn shǒu jī, shuì qián zuì hòu yí jiàn shì yě shì kàn shǒu jī.
Xiao Wang noticed that the first thing he did every morning was check his phone, and the last thing before sleep was also his phone.
中午之后,他突然发现一个奇怪的事:时间变长了。一下午做的事比平时一整天都多。
zhōng wǔ zhī hòu, tā tū rán fā xiàn yí ge qí guài de shì: shí jiān biàn cháng le. yí xià wǔ zuò de shì bǐ píng shí yì zhěng tiān dōu duō.
After noon, he suddenly noticed something strange: time had stretched. He'd done more in one afternoon than usually in a full day.

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