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發毛
發毛
See also: 发毛
Chinese
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
|
hair; pore; fur | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (發毛) | 發 | 毛 | |
| simp. (发毛) | 发 | 毛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
- IPA (key): /fa̠⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
Verb
發毛
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
- IPA (key): /fa̠⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Jin
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: faq (T4) + mau (T3)
- IPA (key): /fᴀʔ⁴⁴ mɔ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Verb
發毛
Etymology 3
毛 refers to the furry appearance of mold. Compare Mandarin 長毛／长毛 (“to grow mold”).
Alternatively, 毛 may come from 殕 (*p- > m-). Compare Min Nan 上殕 (chhiūⁿ-phú, “to become moldy”).
毛 is commonly believed to be from English mold, but this is unlikely.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: faat3 mou4-1
- Yale: faat mōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 mou4-1
- IPA (key): /fɑːt̚³ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fat1 mau2
- IPA (key): /fat̚³³ ᵐbau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Verb
發毛
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 發霉 (“to become mouldy”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 發霉 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 長醭兒、發霉、長毛兒 |
| Taiwan | 發霉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發毛 |
| Hong Kong | 發毛 | |
| Taishan | 發毛 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 發霉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 生菇 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 生菇 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 生菇 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 生菇 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 生菇 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 生菇 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 發霉 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 發殕、發霉 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 臭殕、生殕、上殕 |
| Xiamen | 臭殕、生殕、上殕、生菇 | |
| Zhangzhou | 臭殕、生殕、上殕、生菇 | |
| Taipei | 生菇、上殕、臭殕 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 霉 |