# 發毛
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fāmáo
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-mn̂g
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fāmáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: famáo
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^1$-mao$^2$
*** Yale: fā-máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
*** Palladius: фамао (famao)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-mn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: huat-mn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoatmngg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

#### Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)
* (chiefly Mandarin) to get scared; to be panicky

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fāmáo
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fa$^2$ mao$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fah$^4$ mau$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$faq $^6$mau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fāmáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: famáo
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^1$-mao$^2$
*** Yale: fā-máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: famau
*** Palladius: фамао (famao)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fa$^2$ mao$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: famao
*** Sinological IPA : /fa²¹ mau²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: fah$^4$ mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /faʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mau¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$faq $^6$mau
*** MiniDict: fah$^入$ mau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$faq $^3$mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ⁴⁴ mɔ²³/

#### Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Jin, Wu, Xiang) to get angry; to lose one's temper

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 發脾氣, 發橫, 發火, 發作, 鬧脾氣, 使性子, 耍脾氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 犯葛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 發毛殃, 跳老虎神, 耍驢, 耍磨磨丟, 耍狗駝子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 發脾氣 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 犯肝氣, 放肝氣, 犯勁, 犯態度, 犯性 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 發火, 發脾氣, 發火兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 發氣, 發火兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毷, 氉, 躁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 發脾氣, 耍脾氣, 使性子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耍脾氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 發火, 冒火, 發氣, 發毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 發脾氣, 發火 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 發火, 發毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鬼火綠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 發脾氣, 發氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 來火, 惱火 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 動火, 起毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 動火, 發毛, 發絿, 發躁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 使脾氣, 發脾氣, 使頸, 發狼戾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發脾氣, 發老脾, 發脾四, 發爛渣, 發狼戾 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 火屎, 使頸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 發脾氣, 發朱砂 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 發火 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 發火, 發作, 發狠, 發性 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 發性 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 發態度 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 發性 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 發切 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 發豬癲 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 發性 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 發氣, 發性 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 發脾氣 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 發性子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 發火, 發作 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 發火 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 發毛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 發毛, 毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 起花光 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 使乃, 使橫, 使色水, 發性, 發性地, 發臉, 發癀, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 起否面, 起雄, 張 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 使性, 使性地, 侍體, 使橫, 發性地, 發臉, 癀發, 訛神, 起性, 起性地, 起雄, 張 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 發火癀, 發性, 發性地, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 張 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 起性地 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 發性地 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 發性地 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 起性地 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 起性地, 發性地, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 浮性 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 發火 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 發火, 發性, 發惱, 氣火, 火性著, 性著, 火著 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 發嬲, 火起 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 光火, 發脾氣, 發毛, 發格, 發火, 發飆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 光火 |
| Wu | Danyang | 發態度, 發火, 發脾氣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 發火 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 光火 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 發脾氣 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 發火, 火 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 發氣, 發脾氣, 發火, 發老毛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 發脾氣, 發火 |

### Etymology 3

毛 refers to the furry appearance of mold. Compare Mandarin 長毛／长毛 (zhǎngmáo, “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.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat$^3$ mou$^{4-1}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat$^1$ mau$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faat$^3$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: faat mōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faat$^8$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fad$^3$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːt̚³ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fat$^1$ mau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fat̚³³ ᵐbau⁵⁵/

#### Verb

發⫽毛 (verb-object)
* (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) to become moldy or mildewed

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 發霉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 長醭兒, 發霉, 長毛兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 發霉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 發霉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發毛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 發毛 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 發霉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 發霉, 生毛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 發毛, 生毛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 生菇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 生菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 生菇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 生菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 生菇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 生菇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 發霉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 生殕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 發殕, 發霉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇, 生毛 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 生菇, 上殕, 上霉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 生菇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 臭殕, 生殕, 上殕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 生菇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 生菇 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 生菇, 發菇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 生菇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 生菇, 生菇毛猴 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 生菇, 發菇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 發霉, 霉脫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 霉 |