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): ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ jin⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat² yen³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fat-hien / fat-hian

  (Hailu, HRS): fad hien^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): huák-hiêng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huah⁶ heng⁵ / huoh⁶ heng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-hiān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ hing⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-yi₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāxiàn → fāxian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ → 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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      edit edit 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/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad hien^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /fat⁵⁻² hien³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-hiêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ hiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huah⁶ heng⁵ [Phonetic: huah⁴ heng⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huah-hēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²¹⁻⁴² hɛŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huoh⁶ heng⁵ [Phonetic: huoh⁷ heng⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ²⁻⁴ hɛŋ²¹/
• 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

1. 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.

   • 1984, “初戀 [chūliàn, First Love]”, in 鄭國江 [Cheng Kwok Kong] (lyrics), 村下孝蔵 [Kōzō Murashita] (music), 甚麼是緣份, performed by 林志美 [Samantha Lam]:

     愛戀沒經驗今天初發現 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     爱恋没经验今天初发现 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     oi³ lyun² mut⁶ ging¹ jim⁶ gam¹ tin¹ co¹ faat³ jin⁶ [Jyutping]

     I had no experience with love, today I discovered it for the first time

See also

• 發覺／发觉 (fājué)

Noun

發現

1. 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