Traditional: 爆發
爆发 (bào fā) means “to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 爆發) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
战争终于爆发了。
Zhànzhēng zhōngyú bàofā le.
War finally broke out.
Updated: 2026-05-27