Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 發 (“to issue, to dispatch, to send out, to emit”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːʔt̚˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːʔk̚˦˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faːʔk̚˦ˀ˥]