發現

See also: 发现

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current
trad. (發現)		發	現
simp. (发现)		发	现

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ jin⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fat² yen³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fat-hien / fat-hian
Eastern Min (BUC): huák-hiêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoat-hiān

(Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ hing⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-yi₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāxiàn → fāxian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ → ㄈㄚ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fasiån
  - Wade–Giles: fa¹-hsien⁵
  - Yale: fā-syan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fa.shiann
  - Palladius: фасянь (fasjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /fä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²/
  - Homophones:
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    發現／发现
    發見／发见
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ jin⁶
  - Yale: faat yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ jiːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fat² yen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fat̚⁵⁵ jen²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-hien
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad^ˋ hien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵ hian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚² hi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-hian
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad^ˋ hian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵ hian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚² hi̯an⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-hiêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ hiɛŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-hiān
  - Tâi-lô: huat-hiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoathien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ hiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huag⁴ hing⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak hīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²⁻⁴ hiŋ¹¹/

Note: huag4 hing7 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷faq-yi₆
  - MiniDict: fah^入 yi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-hhi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ ɦi⁴⁴/

Verb

發現

to discover; to find; to find out
掃一掃，發現更多精彩。 [MSC, trad.]
扫一扫，发现更多精彩。 [MSC, simp.]
Sǎo yī sǎo, fāxiàn gèng duō jīngcǎi. [Pinyin]
Scan to discover more amazing things.

他是在網上發現這個信息的。 [MSC, trad.]
他是在网上发现这个信息的。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì zài wǎngshàng fāxiàn zhè ge xìnxī de. [Pinyin]
He found this information online.

我發現讀這本書很難。 [MSC, trad.]
我发现读这本书很难。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ fāxiàn dú zhè běn shū hěn nán. [Pinyin]
I find this book is very difficult to read.

Noun

發現

discovery
重要發現／重要发现 ― zhòngyào fāxiàn ― important discovery

這是一個很大的發現。 [MSC, trad.]
这是一个很大的发现。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì yīge hěn dà de fāxiàn. [Pinyin]
This is a very big discovery.

Usage notes

Like English discover and find, 發現／发现 (fāxiàn) can mean denote both becoming aware of something and discovering something new through exploration or research. Chinese monolingual dictionaries usually distinguish between these two senses.

Derived terms

發現權／发现权