食西北風

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	northwesterly
trad. (食西北風)		食	西北風
simp. (食西北风)		食	西北风

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ sai¹ bag⁴ huang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹
    • Yale: sihk sāi bāk fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ sai¹ bak⁷ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ sei¹ beg¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ sai¹ bag⁴ huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h sai pak huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² sai³³⁻²³ pak̚²⁻⁴ huaŋ³³/

Verb

食⫽西北風 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) to have nothing to eat

Synonyms

• 喝西北風／喝西北风 (hē xīběifēng)