发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise

1. 1.

   to happen; to occur; to take place; to ariseverb

• 发not compositional here
• 生to arise; to occur

See it in 发生了什么事, 昨天发生了一个问题 and 这里发生了什么.

1. HSK 1

   发生了什么事？

   Fāshēng le shénme shì?

   What happened?

2. HSK 1

   昨天发生了一个问题。

   Zuótiān fāshēng le yí ge wèntí.

   A problem arose yesterday.

3. HSK 1

   这里发生了什么？

   Zhèlǐ fāshēng le shénme?

   What happened here?

1. 
   Speaker A:

   发生了什么事？

   Fāshēng le shénme shì?

   What happened?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   昨天学校发生了一个问题。

   Zuótiān xuéxiào fāshēng le yí ge wèntí.

   A problem arose at school yesterday.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   什么问题？

   Shénme wèntí?

   What problem?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   我也不知道。

   Wǒ yě bù zhīdào.

   I don't know either.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 这里___了什么？ (What happened here?)

   A发生B准备C喜欢
2. 2.What does 发生了什么事？ mean?

   AWhat happened?BWhat do you want?CWhat are you doing?
3. 3.Which word can mean "to occur; to take place"?

   A发生B地方C朋友

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Related words

• 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; businessHSK 2
• 问题wèn tíquestion; problem; issue; topicHSK 1
• 事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affairHSK 1
• 出发chū fāto set off; to start (on a journey)HSK 3
• 出生chū shēngto be bornHSK 3
• 发fāto send outHSK 3

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