发现 (fāxiàn) means Find (discover). Below are 12 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
From the graded readers
到家以后我才 发现 手机不见了。
dào jiā yǐhòu wǒ cái fāxiàn shǒujī bùjiàn le / liǎo / liào.
It wasn't until I got home that I noticed it was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
后来我 发现 ，事情并不是这样。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, shìqing bìngbúshì zhèyàng.
Later I found that wasn't how it worked.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
后来我 发现 ，自己想出来的东西记得最久。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, zìjǐ xiǎngchū lái de / dì dōngxī jìde zuì jiǔ.
Later I realised that what you work out yourself is what you remember longest.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
我搬来这里以后，很快就 发现 了一个问题。
wǒ bān lái zhèlǐ yǐhòu, hěnkuài jiù fāxiànle yīgè wèntí.
Soon after I moved here I noticed a problem.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
后来我慢慢 发现 ，休息以后我做事反而更快了。
hòulái wǒ mànmàn fāxiàn, xiūxi yǐhòu wǒ zuòshì fǎn'ér gèng / gēng kuài le / liǎo / liào.
Then I gradually noticed that after resting I actually worked faster.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我在同一条街上走了三遍，才 发现 自己一直在转圈。
wǒ zài tóngyī tiáo jiēshàng zǒule sān biàn, cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí zài zhuǎn / zhuàn juān.
I'd walked down the same street three times before I realised I was going in circles.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
最后一次，我骑了很远才 发现 ——他早就把手松开了。
zuìhòu yīcì, wǒ qí le / liǎo / liào hěn yuǎn cái fāxiàn—— tā zǎo jiù bǎshǒu sōngkāi le / liǎo / liào.
On the last attempt I'd ridden a long way before I realised he'd let go ages ago.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我又看了一遍那个网页， 发现 颜色和尺寸我都选错了。
wǒ yòu kànle yī biàn nèigè wǎngyè, fāxiàn yánsè hé chǐcun wǒ dōu xuǎn cuò le / liǎo / liào.
I looked at the web page again and found I'd picked the wrong colour and the wrong size.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
整理旧东西的时候，我在一本书里 发现 了一张老照片。
zhěnglǐ jiù dōngxī de / dì shíhou, wǒ zài yī běnshū lǐ fāxiànle yī zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
While sorting out old things I found an old photograph inside a book.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
看着火车开走的时候，我才 发现 自己一直没说“再见”。
kànzhe huǒchē kāi zǒu de / dì shíhou, wǒ cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí méi shuō" zàijiàn".
Watching the train pull out, I realised I'd never actually said goodbye.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
Questions about 发现
How is 发现 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 发现 (fāxiàn, "Find (discover)"), 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 发现 an HSK word?
Yes — 发现 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 发现?
The dictionary page for 发现 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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