喝西北風

喝西北風

See also: 喝西北风

Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	northwest/northwesterly wind
trad. (喝西北風)		喝	西北風
simp. (喝西北风)		喝	西北风
Literally: “to drink the northwest wind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hē xīběifēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hē xīběifēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he shibeeifeng
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: hēxīběifēngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heshibeeifengl
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hot³ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹
    • Yale: hot sāi bāk fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸ sai¹ bak⁷ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hod³ sei¹ beg¹ fung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

喝西北風

1. to have nothing to eat

   因為田地被暴風毀掉，老百姓只能喝西北風。 [MSC, trad.]
   因为田地被暴风毁掉，老百姓只能喝西北风。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīnwèi tiándì bèi bàofēng huǐdiào, lǎobǎixìng zhǐnéng hē xīběifēng. [Pinyin]

   Because the farmland was destroyed by the storms, the (ordinary) people have nothing to eat.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 食西北風／食西北风