发生 (fāshēng) means Happen (occur). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
昨天 发生 了一件小事。
Zuótiān fāshēng le yí jiàn xiǎo shì.
Something small happened yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发生
路口 发生 了交通事故。
Lùkǒu fāshēng le jiāotōng shìgù.
A traffic accident happened at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发生
这种情况时常 发生 。
Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng shícháng fāshēng.
This kind of situation happens often.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时常
这样的错误一再 发生 。
Zhèyàng de cuòwù yízài fāshēng.
This kind of mistake happens repeatedly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一再
路上 发生 了一起意外。
Lù shàng fāshēng le yì qǐ yìwài.
An accident happened on the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 意外
这种事往往 发生 在早上。
Zhè zhǒng shì wǎngwǎng fāshēng zài zǎoshang.
This sort of thing usually happens in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 往往
昨天这里 发生 了小地震。
Zuótiān zhèlǐ fāshēng le xiǎo dìzhèn.
A small earthquake happened here yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 地震
这家店做的是批 发生 意。
Zhè jiā diàn zuò de shì pīfā shēngyi.
This shop does wholesale business.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 批发
两家因为土地 发生 了纠纷。
Liǎng jiā yīnwèi tǔdì fāshēng le jiūfēn.
The two families fell into a dispute over land.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纠纷
类似的情况以前也 发生 过。
Lèisì de qíngkuàng yǐqián yě fāshēng guo.
A similar situation has happened before.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
路口 发生 了一起交通事故。
Lùkǒu fāshēng le yì qǐ jiāotōng shìgù.
A traffic accident occurred at the junction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事故
两人的意见 发生 了激烈冲突。
Liǎng rén de yìjiàn fāshēng le jīliè chōngtū.
The two of them clashed sharply over their views.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冲突
家里 发生 了变故，他不得不退学。
Jiā lǐ fāshēng le biàngù, tā bùdébù tuìxué.
Something happened at home and he had to drop out of school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 变故
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How is 发生 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 发生 (fāshēng, "Happen (occur)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 发生 an HSK word?
Yes — 发生 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 发生?
The dictionary page for 发生 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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