發毛

See also: 发毛

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (發毛)		發	毛
simp. (发毛)		发	毛

發毛

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fāmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄇㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
  - IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fa² mao²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: famao
  - IPA ^(key): /fa²¹ mau²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fah⁴ mau¹
  - IPA (old-style): /faʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mau¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: faq (T4) + mau (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̱ʔ⁴⁴ mɔ²³/

發毛

毛 refers to the furry appearance of mold. Compare Mandarin 長毛／长毛 (“to grow mold”).

Alternatively, 毛 may come from 殕 (*p- > m-). Compare Min Nan 上殕 (chhiūⁿ-phú, “to become moldy”).

毛 is commonly believed to be from English mold, but this is unlikely.

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): faat³ mou^4-1

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fat¹ mau²

發毛

Dialectal synonyms of 發霉 (“to become mouldy”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		發霉
Mandarin	Beijing	長醭兒, 發霉, 長毛兒
Mandarin	Taiwan	發霉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發毛
	Hong Kong	發毛
	Taishan	發毛
Gan	Nanchang	發霉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生菇
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	生菇
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	生菇
	Dongshi (Dabu)	生菇
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	生菇
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	生菇
Jin	Taiyuan	發霉
Min Dong	Fuzhou	發殕, 發霉
Min Nan	Xiamen	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇
	Quanzhou	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕
	Zhangzhou	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇, 生毛
	Taipei	生菇, 上殕, 臭殕
Wu	Wenzhou	霉

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