「發水」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: faat3 seoi2
Individual
Character Meaning:
發 send out; get rich; to occur; to start; to rise; to produce; to send out; to distribute; to allocate; to spread out; to express; to develop; to become; to flourish; to feel; to expose; to discover; to invent; to whisk; to whip someone; to prosper; to be rich; to worsen; to grow a plant
水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to soak in water and swell up; to be swollen with water
    (Cant.) 發水麪包faat3 seoi2 min6 baau1
    (Eng.) bread soaked in water
    (Cant.) 發faat3水seoi2肉juk6
    (Eng.) meat pumped with water
    (Cant.) 啲di1雪syut3耳ji5要jiu3發faat3咗zo2水seoi2先sin1煲bou1㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) You need to swell up the snow fungus before cooking it.

  • (of numbers or extent) inflated
    (Cant.) 發水樓faat3 seoi2 lau2
    (Eng.) inflated flat unit
    (Cant.) 而ji4家gaa1啲di1職zik1位wai6好hou2發faat3水seoi2,好hou2多do1人jan4啱ngaam1啱ngaam1畢bat1業jip6就zau6做zou6經ging1理lei5。
    (Eng.) Nowadays, job titles are so inflated that many become managers shortly after graduation.

See also: 脹卜卜 卜卜脹 膨脹 通貨膨脹 通脹 投水 掠水 提水 收水 昆水 烏燈黑火 玻璃水 發噏瘋 發雞盲 餿水 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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