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Chinese
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to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
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good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
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trad. (發福)
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發
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福
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simp. (发福)
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发
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福
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Pronunciation
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)