發毛

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See also: 发毛

Chinese

Etymology 1

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
 hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (發毛) 發 毛
simp. (发毛) 发 毛

Pronunciation

Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)

  1. (chiefly Mandarin) to get scared; to be panicky

Etymology 2

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
 hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (發毛) 發 毛
simp. (发毛) 发 毛

Pronunciation

Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Jin, Wu, Xiang) to get angry; to lose one's temper
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 發脾氣 (“to lose one's temper”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 發脾氣, 發橫, 發火, 發作, 鬧脾氣, 使性子, 耍脾氣
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 犯葛
Taiwan 發脾氣
Harbin 發毛殃, 跳老虎神, 耍驢, 耍磨磨丟, 耍狗駝子
Singapore 發脾氣
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 犯肝氣, 放肝氣, 犯勁, 犯態度, 犯性
Jinan 發火, 發脾氣, 發火兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 發氣, 發火兒
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 毷, 氉, 躁
Xi'an 發脾氣, 耍脾氣, 使性子
Xining 耍脾氣
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 動乃夫斯
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 發脾氣
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 發火, 冒火, 發氣, 發毛
Wuhan 發脾氣, 發火
Guiyang 發火, 發毛
Kunming 鬼火綠
Liuzhou 發脾氣, 發氣
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 來火, 惱火
Yangzhou 動火, 起毛
Nantong 動火, 發毛, 發絿, 發躁
Cantonese Guangzhou 使脾氣, 發脾氣, 使頸, 發狼戾
Hong Kong 發脾氣, 發老脾, 發脾四, 發爛渣, 發狼戾
Dongguan 火屎, 使頸
Gan Nanchang 發脾氣, 發朱砂
Lichuan 發火
Hakka Meixian 發火, 發作, 發狠, 發性
Xingning 發性
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 發態度
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 發性
Wuping 發切
Liancheng 發豬癲
Ninghua 發性
Ruijin 發氣, 發性
Shicheng 發脾氣
Shangyou (Shexi) 發性子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 發火, 發作
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 發火, 發作
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 發火, 發作
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 發火, 發作
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 發火, 發作
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 發火, 發作
Huizhou Jixi 發火
Jin Taiyuan 發毛
Xinzhou 發毛, 毛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 起花光
Southern Min Xiamen 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 使乃, 使橫, 使色水, 發性, 發性地, 發臉, 發癀, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 起否面, 起雄, 張
Xiamen (Tong'an) 使性地
Quanzhou 使性, 使性地, 侍體, 使橫, 發性地, 發臉, 癀發, 訛神, 起性, 起性地, 起雄, 張
Jinjiang 使性地
Zhangzhou 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 發火癀, 發性, 發性地, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 張
Taipei (Wanhua) 發性地
Kaohsiung 使性地
Yilan 發脾氣
Changhua (Lukang) 使性地
Taichung 起性地
Taichung (Wuqi) 發脾氣
Tainan 發性地
Taitung 使性地
Hsinchu 發性地
Penghu (Magong) 起性地
Singapore (Hokkien) 發脾氣
Manila (Hokkien) 起性地, 發性地, 燒熱
Shantou 浮性
Leizhou 發火
Haikou 發火, 發性, 發惱, 氣火, 火性著, 性著, 火著
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 發嬲, 火起
Wu Shanghai 光火, 發脾氣, 發毛, 發格, 發火, 發飆
Suzhou 光火
Danyang 發態度, 發火, 發脾氣
Hangzhou 發火
Ningbo 光火
Wenzhou 發脾氣
Jinhua 發火, 火
Xiang Changsha 發氣, 發脾氣, 發火, 發老毛
Loudi 發脾氣, 發火
Hengyang 發火

Etymology 3

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
 hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (發毛) 發 毛
simp. (发毛) 发 毛
alternative forms 發霉

毛 refers to the furry appearance of mold. Compare Mandarin 長毛／长毛 (zhǎngmáo, “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

Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) to become moldy or mildewed
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 發霉 (“to become mouldy”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 發霉
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 長醭兒, 發霉, 長毛兒
Taiwan 發霉
Singapore 發霉
Cantonese Guangzhou 發毛
Hong Kong 發毛
Taishan 發毛
Gan Nanchang 發霉
Hakka Meixian 發霉, 生毛
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 發毛, 生毛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 生菇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 生菇
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 生菇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 生菇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 生菇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 生菇
Jin Taiyuan 發霉
Northern Min Jian'ou 生殕
Eastern Min Fuzhou 發殕, 發霉
Southern Min Xiamen 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇
Quanzhou 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕
Zhangzhou 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇, 生毛
Tainan 生菇, 上殕, 上霉
Penang (Hokkien) 生菇
Manila (Hokkien) 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕
Shantou 生菇
Jieyang 生菇
Haifeng 生菇, 發菇
Singapore (Teochew) 生菇
Leizhou 生菇, 生菇毛猴
Haikou 生菇, 發菇
Wu Shanghai 發霉, 霉脫
Wenzhou 霉
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