phất
Pronunciation
Northern
/fət˧˥/
Central
/fə̰k˩˧/
Southern
/fək˧˥/
wave, hold up
2 senses
Verb
wave, hold up
Verb
get rich quick
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Verb
wave, hold up
Core Actions
To hold something up, such as a flag, and wave it in the air.
vi Mọi người phất cờ để chào mừng đoàn quân trở về.
en Everyone waved flags to welcome the returning army.
Sense 2
Verb
get rich quick
To suddenly acquire wealth or become rich in a short period of time.
vi Nhờ kinh doanh thuận lợi, gia đình ông ấy đã phất lên nhanh chóng.
en Thanks to favorable business, his family got rich quick.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
拂
Candidates by syllable
phất
弗（拂 / 茀 / 𩂕）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.