发霉 meaning in English

fāméi

to become moldy

Traditional 發霉20 strokes

Meaning of 发霉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāméi
  1. to become moldy

发霉 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

台tái子zi上shàng有yǒu个gè发fā霉méi的de面miàn包bāo。
A moldy loaf of bread lay on the table.

Stroke order for each character

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发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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霉 méi · mildew · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 发霉.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch
开发kāifāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

Questions about 发霉

What does 发霉 mean?

发霉 (fāméi) means "to become moldy".

How do you write 发霉?

发霉 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 霉 (15 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 发霉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发霉 is written 發霉.