发现

• 拼音: fā xiàn
• 汉字拆解: 发 (fā) — to emit, bring forth; 现 (xiàn) — to appear, reveal

含义

To discover; to find out. To notice or learn something previously unknown.

Used both for significant discoveries (scientific findings) and everyday realisations (noticing something). Can function as a verb or a noun (a discovery).

例句

1. 我发现了一家很好吃的餐厅。
2. 科学家发现了一种新的植物。
3. 她发现自己忘了带钥匙。

用法指南

语境: everyday observations, science, realisations

语气: observant

正确说法

• 我发现他今天没来上课。(I noticed he didn't come to class today.)
• 你发现什么了？(What did you discover?)

错误说法

• 不要混淆'发现'和'发明' — 发现 means to discover something that already exists, while 发明 means to invent something new.

起源与历史

Compound of 发 (to emit, to bring forth) and 现 (to appear, to reveal). Literally 'to bring to appearance' — to uncover what was hidden.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal