發毛

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: famáo
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-mao²
    • Yale: fā-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
    • Palladius: фамао (famao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: huat-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fāmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fa² mao²

• Jin (Wiktionary): fah⁴ mau¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷faq ⁶mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: famáo
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-mao²
    • Yale: fā-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
    • Palladius: фамао (famao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fa² mao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: famao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa²¹ mau²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fah⁴ mau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /faʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mau¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq ⁶mau
    • MiniDict: fah^入 mau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq ³mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ⁴⁴  mɔ²³/

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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		發脾氣, 發橫, 發火, 發作, 鬧脾氣, 使性子, 耍脾氣
Mandarin	Beijing	犯葛
	Tianjin	犯肝氣, 放肝氣, 犯勁, 犯態度, 犯性
	Harbin	發毛殃, 跳老虎神, 耍驢, 耍磨磨丟, 耍狗駝子
	Yantai (Muping)	發氣, 發火兒
	Jinan	發火, 發脾氣, 發火兒
	Wanrong	毷, 氉, 躁
	Xi'an	發脾氣, 耍脾氣, 使性子
	Xining	耍脾氣
	Wuhan	發脾氣, 發火
	Chengdu	發火, 冒火, 發氣, 發毛
	Guiyang	發火, 發毛
	Kunming	鬼火綠
	Liuzhou	發脾氣, 發氣
	Yangzhou	動火, 起毛
	Nanjing	來火, 惱火
	Nantong	動火, 發毛, 發絿, 發躁
	Singapore	發脾氣
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
	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
	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
	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

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ mou^4-1

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat¹ mau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ mou^4-1
    • Yale: faat mōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ mou^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ mou^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fat¹ mau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fat̚³³ ᵐbau⁵⁵/

Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) to become moldy or mildewed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 發霉 (“to become mouldy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		發霉
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