# 发作 (fāzuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发作 (fāzuò) means “to flare up; to act up; to break out”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to flare up; to act up; to break out
- Pinyin: fāzuò (fa1 zuo4)
- Traditional: 發作
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的老毛病昨天又发作了。
  Tā de lǎo máobìng zuótiān yòu fāzuò le.
  His old illness flared up again yesterday.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-zuo-flare-up/

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