吃風

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (吃風)		吃	風
simp. (吃风)		吃	风
Literally: “to eat wind”.

Etymology

Calque of Malay makan angin (“to eat wind”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄈㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihfong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: chr̄-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyfeng
    • Palladius: чифэн (čifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

吃風

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) to travel for fun; to go travelling

Synonyms

• 兜風／兜风 (dōufēng)
• (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 食風／食风