"To get angry" in Chinese — 发怒 (fā nù)

发

怒

fā nù

to get angry

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 發怒1 example sentence

Definitions

1to get angry

Stroke order

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发

怒

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄚ

fā

ㄈ/ fㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄋㄨˋ

nù

ㄋ/ nㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

发怒

Simplified

發怒

Traditional

Example sentences

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他很少发怒，今天却大喊起来。
tā hěn shǎo fā nù， jīn tiān què dà hǎn qǐ lái。
He rarely gets angry, but today he started shouting.

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Related words

发

fā

to send out

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

出发

chū fā

to set off

发生

fā shēng

to happen

发展

fā zhǎn

development

理发

lǐ fà

to get a haircut

沙发

shā fā

sofa (loanword)

发表

fā biǎo

to issue

发愁

fā chóu

to worry

发达

fā dá

well-developed

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To get angry in Chinese: 发怒 (fā nù)