HSK 6 · Verbs

爆发 bàofā “to break out” in Chinese

Traditional 爆發

What 爆发 means

  1. to break out
  2. to erupt
  3. to explode
  4. to burst out

How to say 爆发

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爆bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level

爆发 in a sentence

  1. 活火山会定期爆发。

    Huóhuǒshān huì dìngqī bàofā.

    Active volcanoes erupt at regular intervals.

    Sentence #510673 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这座火山在这年内爆发了两次。

    Zhè zuò huǒshān zài zhè niánnèi bàofā le liǎng cì.

    This volcano has erupted twice this year.

    Sentence #431578 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她和她父亲的争吵爆发了。

    Tā hé tā fùqīn de zhēngchǎo bàofā le.

    An argument broke out between her and her father.

    Sentence #5640711 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 爆发 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 爆 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
爆bàoto explode; to burst
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 暴violent · bào
The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 爆发

爆 19 strokes · 发 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

爆发 (bàofā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 爆发 (bàofā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 爆发

Words with 爆

爆炸bàozhà · to explode烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Common Verbs

巴结bājie · to fawn on伴随bànsuí · to accompany报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate保管bǎoguǎn · to look after暴露bàolù · to expose包围bāowéi · to surround

FAQs

爆发 (bàofā) means “to break out” or “to erupt”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàofā: bào with a 4th tone, then fā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 爆发 is written 爆發. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baofa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爆发 from the suggestions. Typing baofa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爆发 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.