福相

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (福相)		福	相

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ soeng³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fuk-siong

  (Hailu, HRS): fug siong^ˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-siòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: fú-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushianq
    • Palladius: фусян (fusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ soeng³
    • Yale: fūk seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ sœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fuk-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug^ˋ xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug siong^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk⁵⁻² sioŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: hok-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoksioxng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

福相

1. face showing good fortune

Antonyms

• 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-siòng / hok-siàng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: hok-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoksioxng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-siàng
    • Tâi-lô: hok-siàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoksiaxng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siaŋ²¹/

Verb

福相

1. (Mainland China Hokkien, euphemistic) to put on weight; to grow stout (of middle-aged people and older)

Synonyms

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• 生肉 (saang¹ juk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 發福 / 发福 (fāfú) (euphemistic, usually said of old people)
• 發胖 / 发胖 (fāpàng)
• 變胖 / 变胖 (biànpàng)
• 長胖 / 长胖 (zhǎngpàng)

References

• “Entry #4144”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.