fat fat

Chinese

Etymology

Reduplication of English fat. fat is also a romanisation of 發 (faat3, “to become rich”), hence carrying the meanings of both.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fet¹ fet¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fet¹ fet¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fet⁷ fet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: féd¹ féd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɛːt̚⁵ fɛːt̚⁵/

Adjective

fat fat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, neologism) fat (rich; producing a large income)