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發霉
faat3 mui4 |
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[1] go mouldy; become mildewed [2] outmoded; outdated; old-fashioned In Cantonese, while "faat3 mui4" is the formal literary pronunciation, 發霉 is more commonly pronounced in colloquial speech as "faat3 mou1" to reflect the original English sound of "mould" from which 霉 is loaned. The variant form 發毛 is also used and pronounced as "faat3 mou1" as 毛 is more easily recognisable than 霉.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: Level: 2 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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發霉 / 发霉 | ||
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Characters in this word:發 faat3 - send out, launch; generate; trigger off霉 mui4 - mildew; mould |
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