# 自发 (zìfā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 自发 (zìfā) means “spontaneous”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: spontaneous
- Pinyin: zìfā (zi4 fa1)
- Traditional: 自發
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 居民们自发组织起来打扫街道。
  Jūmínmen zìfā zǔzhī qǐlái dǎsǎo jiēdào.
  Residents spontaneously organized to clean the street.

## Characters

- [自](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-from/) (zì): from; since
- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue

https://hanziro.com/word/zi-fa-spontaneous/

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