「發水」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: faat3 seoi2
Individual
Character Meaning:
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
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.) faat3seoi2juk6
    (Eng.) meat pumped with water
    (Cant.) di1syut3ji5jiu3faat3zo2seoi2sin1bou1gaa3
    (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.) ji4gaa1di1zik1wai6hou2faat3seoi2hou2do1jan4ngaam1ngaam1bat1jip6zau6zou6ging1lei5
    (Eng.) Nowadays, job titles are so inflated that many become managers shortly after graduation.

See also: 脹卜卜 卜卜脹 膨脹 吹氣 通貨膨脹 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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