發生 [发－]

Jyutping faat3 sang1
Pinyin fā sheng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to happen; to occur; to take place
    (syn.) 萌
    • 我昨天發生了車禍。
      我昨天发生了车祸。
      wǒ zuó tiān fā shēng le chē huò ．
      I was in a car accident yesterday.
    • 發生關係
      发生关系
      fā shēng guān xì
      to have sexual relations
    • 以免發生危險
      以免发生危险
      yǐ miǎn fā shēng wēi xiǎn
      in case of danger
    • 某事發生在某人身上
      某事发生在某人身上
      mǒu shì fā shēng zài mǒu rén shēn shang
      something happens to somebody
    • 我決不對發生的事情負責。
      我决不对发生的事情负责。
      wǒ jué bù duì fā sheng de shì qing fù zé ．
      In no way am I responsible for what happened.

發生 [发－]

Jyutping faat3 sang1
Pinyin fā shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    出現​;​ ​冇​預​期​嘅​事​出​現​咗
    to occur; to happen; to have an event or incident
    • 發生意外
      发生意外
      faat3 sang1 ji3 ngoi6
      to have an accident
    • 做咩喊呀，發生咩事？
      做咩喊呀，发生咩事？
      zou6 me1 haam3 aa3, faat3 sang1 me1 si6?
      Why are you crying? What's happened?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to happen; to occur; to take place
    (syn.) 萌
    • 我昨天發生了車禍。
      我昨天发生了车祸。
      wǒ zuó tiān fā shēng le chē huò ．
      I was in a car accident yesterday.
    • 發生關係
      发生关系
      fā shēng guān xì
      to have sexual relations
    • 以免發生危險
      以免发生危险
      yǐ miǎn fā shēng wēi xiǎn
      in case of danger
    • 某事發生在某人身上
      某事发生在某人身上
      mǒu shì fā shēng zài mǒu rén shēn shang
      something happens to somebody
    • 我決不對發生的事情負責。
      我决不对发生的事情负责。
      wǒ jué bù duì fā sheng de shì qing fù zé ．
      In no way am I responsible for what happened.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #176
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那是不会发生的。
    那是不會發生的。
    nà shi bù huì fā shēng de 。
    • That won't happen.
    • That isn't going to happen.
    • It will not happen.
    • It won't happen.
    • It isn't going to happen.
  2. Mandarin
    生活就是当你忙著进行你的计划时总有其他的事情发生。
    生活就是當你忙著進行你的計劃時總有其他的事情發生。
    shēng huó jiù shì dāng nǐ máng zhù jìn xíng nǐ de jì huà shí zǒng yǒu qí tā de shì qing fā shēng 。
    • Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
  3. Mandarin
    报纸、杂志和新闻广播讲述着世界上正在发生的事。
    報紙、雜誌和新聞廣播講述着世界上正在發生的事。
    bào zhǐ 、 zá zhì hé xīn wén guǎng bō jiǎng shù zhe shì jiè shàng zhèng zài fā shēng de shì 。
    • Newspapers, magazines, and newscasts tell what is going on in the world.
  4. Mandarin
    不要再让这种事发生了！
    不要再讓這種事發生了！
    bù yào zài ràng zhè zhǒng shì fā shēng le ！
    • Don't let that happen again!
    • Don't let that happen again.
  5. Mandarin
    我想知道她发生什么事了。
    我想知道她發生什麼事了。
    wǒ xiǎng zhī dào tā fā shēng shén me shì le 。
    • I wonder what has happened to her.
    • I wonder what happened to her.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    件事都发生咗咯，而家怪佢都无用啦。
    件事都發生咗咯，而家怪佢都無用啦。
    gin2 si6 dou1 faat3 sang1 zo2 gok3 ， ji4 gaa1 gwaai3 keoi5 dou1 mou4 jung6 laa1 。
    • It is no use blaming him for the accident now.
  2. Cantonese
    发生咩事都好，我点都唔会出卖我班朋友。
    發生咩事都好，我點都唔會出賣我班朋友。
    faat3 sang1 me1 si6 dou1 hou3 ， ngo5 dim2 dou1 m4 wui2 ceot1 maai6 ngo5 baan1 pang4 jau5 。
    • I will never sell my friend down the river for anything in the world.
  3. Cantonese
    佢仲未到呀，唔知系咪发生咗啲咩意外呢？
    佢仲未到呀，唔知係咪發生咗啲咩意外呢？
    keoi5 zung6 mei6 dou3 aa3 ， m4 zi1 hai6 mi1 faat3 sang1 zo2 di1 me1 ji3 ngoi6 nei4 ？
    • He has not come yet. Something may have happened to him.
  4. Cantonese
    我哋要详细噉分析吓件事发生嘅前因后果。
    我哋要詳細噉分析吓件事發生嘅前因後果。
    ngo5 dei2 jiu3 coeng4 sai3 gam2 fan1 sik1 haa5 gin6 si6 faat3 sang1 ge3 cin4 jan1 hau6 gwo2 。
    • We have to make a close analysis of the accident.
  5. Cantonese
    如果佢哋知道会发生埋啲噉嘅事，实会改用第二啲计划啦。
    如果佢哋知道會發生埋啲噉嘅事，實會改用第二啲計劃啦。
    jyu4 gwo2 keoi5 dei2 zi1 dou6 wui2 faat3 sang1 maai4 di1 gam2 ge3 si6 ， sat6 wui5 goi2 jung6 dai6 ji6 di1 gai3 waak6 laa1 。
    • Had they known what was about to happen, they would have changed their plans.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    所谓「有人辞官归故里，有人漏夜赶科场」，政府问责团队早排发生「跳船潮」，几位高官提早退休，但就有反对党成员宁愿退党都要补上空缺。
    所謂「有人辭官歸故里，有人漏夜趕科場」，政府問責團隊早排發生「跳船潮」，幾位高官提早退休，但就有反對黨成員寧願退黨都要補上空缺。
    so2 wai6 jau5 jan4 ci4 gun1 gwai1 gu3 lei5, jau5 jan4 lau6 je6 gon2 fo1 coeng4, zing3 fu2 man6 zaak3 tyun4 deoi2 zou2 paai4 faat3 sang1 tiu4 syun4 ciu4, gei2 wai2 gou1 gun1 tai4 zou2 teoi3 jau1, daan6 zau6 jau5 faan2 deoi3 dong2 sing4 jyun4 ning4 jyun2 teoi3 dong2 dou1 jiu3 bou2 soeng5 hung1 kyut3.
    • People come and go. There are vacancies in the governing team after several principal officials jumped ship by early retirement some days ago. Meanwhile, certain members of the opposition camp would rather leave their parties and fill in.
  2. Cantonese
    今早九龙塘发生一宗血案。
    今早九龍塘發生一宗血案。
    • There was a murder in Kowloon Tong this morning.
  3. Cantonese
    公众应该知发生咩事。
    公眾應該知發生咩事。
    gung1 zung3 jing1 goi1 zi1 faat3 sang1 me1 si6.
    • The public should know what has happened.
  4. Cantonese
    森林发生大火。
    森林發生大火。
    sam1 lam4 faat3 sang1 daai6 fo2.
    • A fire took place in the forest.
  5. Cantonese
    意外发生之后，政府第一时间居然唔系救灾，反而系封锁消息。
    意外發生之後，政府第一時間居然唔係救災，反而係封鎖消息。
    ji3 ngoi6 faat3 sang1 zi1 hau6, zing3 fu2 dai6 jat1 si4 gaan3 geoi1 jin2 m4 hai6 gau3 zoi1, faan2 ji4 hai6 fung1 so2 siu1 sik1.
    • After the accident happened, what the government did instantly was not to rescue but to block the flow of news.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    两架赛车发生冲撞。
    兩架賽車發生衝撞。
    loeng5 gaa3 coi3 maa5 faat3 sang1 cung1 zong6.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这种情况很少见，但也不是不会发生。
    這種情況很少見，但也不是不會發生。
    zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng hěn shào jiàn ， dàn yě bù shì bù huì fā shēng ．
    • This type of situation is rare, but it may still happen.
  2. Mandarin
    时有发生
    時有發生
    shí yǒu fā shēng
    • to happen from time to time
  3. Mandarin
    发生火灾莫惊慌
    發生火災莫驚慌
    fā shēng huǒ zāi mò jīng huāng
    • Don't be panicked when conflagration happens
  4. Mandarin
    台湾发生地震了。
    臺灣發生地震了。
    tái wān fā shēng dì zhèn le ．
    • There was an earthquake in Taiwan.
  5. Mandarin
    发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。
    發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。
    fā shēng le dà dì zhèn ， dà lù jí gǎng ， ào ， tái sān dì yì rén wèi le jiù zāi gòng xiāng shèng jǔ ， jǔ bàn le duō chǎng yǎn chàng huì ．
    • After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.