发怒

發怒

fānù

verb HSK 6 #11,637

Meanings

1 to get angry; to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage

Characters

to emit; to express; to send out

anger; fury; rage

To emit anger — to erupt in fury.

Examples

老板突然发怒了。

Lǎobǎn tūrán fā nù le.

The boss suddenly got angry.

他很少对孩子发怒。

Tā hěn shǎo duì háizi fā nù.

He rarely gets angry at the children.

她的话让他大发雷霆。

Tā de huà ràng tā dà fā léitíng.

Her words made him fly into a rage.

Tips

usage

发怒 is more literary/formal than 生气 (shēng qì, the everyday word for 'angry'). Intensity scale: 不高兴 (unhappy) < 生气 (angry) < 发怒 (furious) < 大发雷霆 (thunderously angry).

Stroke Order

发 fā

怒 nù