# 發現
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fāxiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat$^3$ jin$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat$^2$ yen$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fat-hien / fat-hian
    (Hailu, HRS): fad hien$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huák-hiêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-hiān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huag$^4$ hing$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$faq-yi$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fāxiàn → fāxian (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ → ㄈㄚ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fasiån
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^1$-hsien$^5$
*** Yale: fā-syan
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fa.shiann
*** Palladius: фасянь (fasjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /fä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$發現 / 发现 發見 / 发见
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faat$^3$ jin$^6$
*** Yale: faat yihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faat$^8$ jin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fad$^3$ yin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːt̚³ jiːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fat$^2$ yen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fat̚⁵⁵ jen²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-hien
*** Hakka Romanization System: fad$^ˋ$ hien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fad$^5$ hian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat̚² hi̯en⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-hian
*** Hakka Romanization System: fad$^ˋ$ hian
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fad$^5$ hian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat̚² hi̯an⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fad hien$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat⁵⁻² hien³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-hiêng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ hiɛŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-hiān
*** Tâi-lô: huat-hiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoathien
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ hiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛn³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huag$^4$ hing$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak hīng
*** Sinological IPA : /huak̚²⁻⁴ hiŋ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$faq-yi$_6$
*** MiniDict: fah$^入$ yi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$faq-hhi$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ ɦi⁴⁴/

### Verb

發現
* to discover; to find; to find out
       Sǎo yī sǎo, fāxiàn gèng duō jīngcǎi. [Pinyin]
       Scan to discover more amazing things.
       Tā shì zài wǎngshàng fāxiàn zhè ge xìnxī de. [Pinyin]
       He found this information online.
       Wǒ fāxiàn dú zhè běn shū hěn nán. [Pinyin]
       I find this book is very difficult to read.
** 1984, “初戀 [chūliàn, First Love]”, in 鄭國江 [Cheng Kwok Kong] (lyrics), 村下孝蔵 [Kōzō Murashita] (music), 甚麼是緣份, performed by 林志美 [Samantha Lam]:
       oi$^3$ lyun$^2$ mut$^6$ ging$^1$ jim$^6$ gam$^1$ tin$^1$ co$^1$ faat$^3$ jin$^6$ [Jyutping]
       I had no experience with love, today I discovered it for the first time

#### See also

* 發覺／发觉 (fājué)

### Noun

發現
* discovery
    重要發現／重要发现 ― zhòngyào fāxiàn ― important discovery
       Zhè shì yīge hěn dà de fāxiàn. [Pinyin]
       This is a very big discovery.

### Usage notes

Like English discover and find, 發現／发现 (fāxiàn) can mean denote both becoming aware of something and discovering something new through exploration or research. Chinese monolingual dictionaries usually distinguish between these two senses.

### Derived terms

* 發現權 / 发现权