Cantonese Dictionary

發老姣

faat3 lou5 haau4

Mandarin: fa1 lao3 jiao1

Simplified: 发老姣

for an old woman to be act promiscuously | flirtatiously [colloquial]

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發老脾

faat3 lou5 pei4

Mandarin: fa1 lao3 pi2

Simplified: 发老脾

throw a tantrum (spoken)

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發老脾

faat3 lou5 pei4*2

to lose one's temper

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發育

faat3 juk6

Mandarin: fa1 yu4

[1] growth; development [2] to engender; to grow; to develop gradually by a process of growth and change | [粵]: also 發身

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發育期

faat3 juk6 kei4

Mandarin: fa1 yu4 qi1

puberty; formative period

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發脾四

faat3 pei4 sei3

Mandarin: fa1 pi2 si4

Cantonese

variant of 發脾氣

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發脾氣

faat3 pei4 hei3

Mandarin: fa1pi2qi4

Simplified: 发脾气

(verb) 1. Get mad; 2. Pissed off

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發腳

faat3 goek3

Mandarin: fa1 jiao3

Simplified: 发脚

(verb) start off; start running

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發花癲

faat3 faa1 din1

Mandarin: fa1 hua1 dian1

Simplified: 发花癫

to act flirtatiously [colloquial]

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發芽

faat3 ngaa4

Mandarin: fa1 ya2

germinate, germination | Syn: 出芽

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發茅

faat3 maau4

Mandarin: fa1 mao2

Simplified: 发茅

panic | act atrociously

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發薪

faat3 san1

Mandarin: fa1 xin1

pay salary; pay wages

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發號施令

faat3 hou6 si1 ling6

Mandarin: fa2 hao4 shi1 ling4

issue orders; boss people around; order people about; call the shots

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發蠻倀

faat3 man2 zang2

Cantonese

get fretful; become irritable | var. form of 發𤷪

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發行

faat3 hang4/hong4

Mandarin: fa1 xing2; fa1 hang2

[1]/faat3 hang4/ to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute; to put on sale [2]/faat3 hong4/ to sell wholesale

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發表

faat3 biu2

Mandarin: fa1 biao3

Simplified: 发表

to announce

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發表演講

faat3 biu2 jin2 gong2

Mandarin: fa1 biao3 yan3 jiang3

to give a speech

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發表聲明

faat3 biu2 sing1 ming4

Mandarin: fa1 biao3 sheng1 ming2

Simplified: 发表声明

issue a statement

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發覺

faat3 gok3

Mandarin: fa1 jue2

to realize; to discover

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發言

faat3 jin4

Mandarin: fa1 yan2

a statement

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發言人

faat3 jin4 jan4

Mandarin: fa1 yan2 ren2

spokesperson

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發誓

faat3 sai6

Mandarin: fa1 shi4

to vow; to pledge; to swear | [粵]: 誓願

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發誓當食生菜

faat3 sai6 dong1 sik6 saang1 coi3

Cantonese

not being serious when doing one's vow or pledge for sth

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發議論

faat3 ji5 leon6

Mandarin: fa1 yi4 lun4

voice opinions

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發財

faat3 coi4

Mandarin: fa1 cai2

to get rich (also just 發); (mahjong) green dragon

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發起

faat3 hei2

Mandarin: fa1 qi3

[1] to initiate; to sponsor [2] to start; to launch

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發跡

faat8 zik1

Mandarin: fa1 ji4 [PRC] / ji1 [TW]

acquire fame and fortune; gain renown and wealth

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發身

faat3 san1

Mandarin: fa1 shen1

Simplified: 发身

puberty; growth; development

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發軟蹄

faat3 jyun5 tai4

Mandarin: fa1 ruan3 ti2

Simplified: 发软蹄

legs feeling weak (slang)

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發送短訊

faat3 sung3 dyun2 seon3

Mandarin: fa1 song4 duan3 xun4

to send a (mobile phone) SMS text message; (UK) to text; to be texting; (MY/SG) to SMS | Cantonese speakers are more likely to use the English word 'send' than to use '發送' | SMS is 'Short Message Service'

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