发财

• 拼音: fā cái
• 汉字拆解: 发 = 弓 + 殳 — to release, erupt, grow; 财 = 贝 (shell/money radical, representing wealth) + 才 (talent/phonetic) — monetary talent, the capacity to generate and accumulate wealth

含义

To get rich; to make a fortune; to become wealthy. To acquire great wealth through business, opportunity, or favorable circumstances.

发财 is a deeply positive aspiration in Chinese culture, closely tied to luck, the New Year, and social ambition. The phrase 恭喜发财 is a traditional Chinese New Year greeting wishing the recipient wealth. In business, 发财 expresses commercial success; in social contexts, it can serve as a light-hearted toast or well-wish. Contrasts with 破财 (to lose money).

例句

1. 他多年来辛苦经营，终于凭借过人的商业眼光在这次市场机遇中发了大财。
2. 人们常说，投机取巧虽然可能一时发财，但长远来看终究难以维持稳定的财富积累。
3. 每逢春节，长辈总是向晚辈送上一声恭喜发财，传递着对新一年美好生活的真诚祝愿。

用法指南

语境: business, culture, festivals, colloquial

语气: celebratory

正确说法

• 恭喜发财，万事如意！新的一年里，愿您生意兴隆，阖家幸福，心想事成。(Wishing you prosperity and may everything go as you wish! In the new year, may your business flourish, your family be happy, and all your wishes come true.)
• 这位企业家凭借对新兴市场趋势的精准判断，在短短数年间便完成了从普通创业者到行业领军人物的跨越，可谓真正意义上的发财致富。(By accurately anticipating emerging market trends, this entrepreneur achieved the leap from an ordinary start-up founder to an industry leader in just a few years — a genuinely meaningful case of building wealth through legitimate means.)

错误说法

• 我想发财所以随便投资 — 发财 as the sole motivation for reckless investment is widely regarded as naive and irresponsible; in formal contexts say 我希望通过审慎的投资实现财务增长 to convey the same aspiration with appropriate seriousness

起源与历史

发 (to develop/emerge/grow) + 财 (wealth/money) — wealth emerging, growing, and accumulating

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal