HSK 6 · Money

发财 fācái “to get rich” in Chinese

Traditional 發財

What 发财 means

  1. to get rich
  2. to make a fortune

How to say 发财

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale财cái2nd tone, rising

发财 in a sentence

  1. 我不想发财。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng fācái.

    I don’t want to get rich.

    Sentence #13987326 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆和玛丽要发财了。

    Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì yào fācái le.

    Tom and Mary are going to get rich.

    Sentence #13779664 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 发财 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 财 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
财cáimoney
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

How to write 发财

发 5 strokes · 财 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发财 (fācái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发财 (fācái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发财

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 财

财产cáichǎn · property财富cáifù · wealth财务cáiwù · financial affairs财政cáizhèng · public finance

More words: Money & Economy

淡季dànjì · off season倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets兑现duìxiàn · to fulfil (a promise)纺织fǎngzhī · textile贩卖fànmài · to sell分红fēnhóng · to share profits富裕fùyù · well-off

FAQs

发财 (fācái) means “to get rich” or “to make a fortune”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fācái: fā with a 1st tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发财 is written 發財. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type facai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发财 from the suggestions. Typing facai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发财 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.