粵

發faat3達daat6

simp发达
faat3 daat6fā dá

English

  1. well-developed; flourishing
  2. (verb) 1. to be rich; 2. to have fortunes
  3. sophisticated; advanced; developed
  4. to make a big fortune
  5. to develop; to promote; to expand
  6. (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 發展成熟
  2. 得到好多錢

Examples

  • 科技發達

    to have advanced science and technology

  • 四肢發達,頭腦簡單

    to have a strong body but an ignorant mind

  • 有人話怕老婆會發達。

    Some say that you will get rich if you listen to your wife.

  • 佢發咗達唔識人啦而家。

    He is rich now he no longer wants to hang out with us.

  • 發達喇,我中咗六合彩啊!

    Hurray, I hit it big! I won the Mark Six lottery!

  • 所謂發達國家嘅人望住啲拉丁美洲裔,就好似望住發明石器之前嘅人噉。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 加博養的羅威納犬肌肉極其發達。

    Gabor's Rottweiler was massively muscular.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 一般说来,男生的肌肉比女生发达。

    Generally speaking, men are physically stronger than women.

    Tatoeba · kaktuswasser CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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