# 发现 (fāxiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发现 (fāxiàn) means “to discover; to find”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to discover; to find
- Pinyin: fāxiàn (fa1 xian4)
- Traditional: 發現
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 我发现我的手机不见了。
  Wǒ fāxiàn wǒ de shǒujī bújiàn le.
  I found my phone missing.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- 现 (xiàn): to appear; present

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-xian-discover/

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