食風
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner | ||
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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 fourth sense.
Pronunciation
Verb
食⫽風 (verb-object)
- (Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien) to attract wind; to invite the wind (of a place)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to be chilled by the wind
- (Cantonese) Short for 食西北風/食西北风.
- (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
- (Hainanese) to get a breath of fresh air
Synonyms
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