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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ fuk¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fat² fuuk²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄈㄨˊ
  - 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

(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)

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