發燒 (faat3 siu1 | fa1 shao1) : to have a fever; to have a temperature

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發燒

faat3 siu1

fa1 shao1

[1] to have a temperature; to run a temperature; to have a fever; to run a fever; high fever; heat; temperature | [粵]: also 發熱
[2] (prefix) pyret-; pyreto-

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,780,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

發燒 / 发烧

This word has been viewed 5413 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 19th Jul 2004 14:31 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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發 faat3 - send out, launch; generate; trigger off
燒 siu1 - burn; heat; cook; fever

1 compounds containing this word:

發燒友 - fan; fanatic; enthusiast

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我有發燒同頭痛粵
I have a temperature and headache.

我又發燒又頭痛粵
I have a temperature and headache.

琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *