发生
Pinyin: fā shēng
to happen
Example sentence
昨晚发生了什么事？
Zuówǎn fāshēng le shénme shì?
What happened last night?
What 发生 means
发生 (fā shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to happen”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.