發福

See also: 发福

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (發福)		發	福
simp. (发福)		发	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ fuk¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat² fuuk²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fafú
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-fu²
    • Yale: fā-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fafwu
    • Palladius: фафу (fafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ fuk¹
    • Yale: faat fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ fʊk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fat² fuuk²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fat̚⁵⁵ fɵk̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-hok
    • Tâi-lô: huat-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoathog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/

Verb

發福

1. (euphemistic, usually said of older people) to put on weight; to grow stout

   中年發福／中年发福  ―  zhōngnián fāfú  ―  middle-age spread

Synonyms

• 生肉 (saang¹ juk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 發胖／发胖 (fāpàng)
• 福相 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
• 變胖／变胖 (biànpàng)
• 長胖／长胖 (zhǎngpàng)