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發福

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); a surname
trad. (發福)		發	福
simp. (发福)		发	福

Verb

發福

(euphemistic) to put on weight

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fāfú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚㄈㄨˊ
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fāfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fafwu
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
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/