發faat3水seoi2

English

1. to flood
2. (verb) flood
3. to soak in water and swell up; to be swollen with water
4. (of numbers or extent) inflated

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 浸啲嘢落水度等佢發脹；灌水後發脹、體積增大
2. 報大數；指用各種方法誇大數量、程度

Examples

• 發水肉

  meat pumped with water

• 發水樓

  inflated flat unit

• 發水麪包

  bread soaked in water

• 啲雪耳要發咗水先煲㗎。

  You need to swell up the snow fungus before cooking it. ----

• 而家啲職位好發水，好多人啱啱畢業就做經理。

  Nowadays, job titles are so inflated that many become managers shortly after graduation.

• 你有洗发水吗？

  Have you got shampoo?

  Tatoeba · Vortarulo CC BY

• 我小时候发水痘。

  I had chicken pox when I was a kid.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY