食風

食風

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (食風)		食	風
simp. (食风)		食	风
Literally: “to eat wind”.

Etymology

Calque of Malay makan angin (“to eat wind”) for the second sense.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ fung¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-hong / chia̍h-hoang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ huang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ fung¹
    • Yale: sihk fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-hoang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-huang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqhoafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² huaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² huaŋ³³/

Verb

食⫽風 (verb-object)

1. (Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien) to attract wind; to invite the wind (of a place)
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew in Malaysia and Singapore) to travel for fun; to go travelling; to go on holiday; to generally to live in luxury
3. (Hainanese) to get a breath of fresh air

Synonyms

• (to invite the wind): 招風／招风 (zhāofēng)
• (to travel for fun): 兜風／兜风 (dōufēng), 吃風／吃风 (chīfēng)