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): ㄈㄚㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ fuk¹
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fāfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fafwu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fafú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ fuk¹
  - Yale: faat fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fäːt̚³ fʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

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

Synonyms

發胖／发胖 (fāpàng)
福相 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

變胖／变胖 (biànpàng)
長胖／长胖 (zhǎngpàng)

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