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事发 (shì fā) — to happen (especially of an incident or event)

Definition

事发 (shì fā) means 'the incident happened' — used in formal/written contexts (news, reports, police statements) to refer to when or where an event took place, not for everyday actions.

verb
to happen (especially of an incident or event)

Examples

  • 事发，。
    shì fā Tū rán, dà jiā dōu lái bù jí fǎn yìng.
    The incident happened suddenly; everyone had no time to react.
  • 事发。
    Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá shì fā yuán yīn.
    The police are investigating the cause of the incident.
  • 事发。
    shì fā Dì diǎn zài shì zhōng xīn de yì tiáo jiē shàng.
    The scene of the incident was on a street in the city center.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

事shìincident
发fāhappen

事 is an incident, and 发 means to break out or occur, so the whole says an incident happens.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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