发麻 (fā) — to tingle; to feel numb; to have pins and needles
Definition
Verb meaning to tingle or go numb (often a body part from sitting still, numbness, or anesthesia). Resultative construction: 发 + 麻 — the body is producing/breaking into numbness.
verb
to tingleto feel numbto have pins and needles
Examples
- 发麻。Zuò jiǔ le tuǐ huì fā.Sitting too long makes your legs go numb.
- 。Wǒ de shǒu fā le yí huì r má.My hand felt numb for a while.
- ，发麻。Dǎ le má yào zhī hòu, tā de liǎn yì zhí zài fā.After the anesthesia, his face kept tingling.
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