Find in Chinese
to find · HSK 3
发现
- 发 to send
- 现 now
Counted with 个: 一个发现
科学家发现了一种新动物。 Scientists have discovered a new animal.
Other ways to say find
More words with 发 or 现
How do you say find in Chinese?
Find in Chinese is 发现 (fā xiàn). You can also say 查找 (chá zhǎo), 找 (zhǎo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.