食風

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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Calque of Malay makan angin (to eat wind) for the fourth sense.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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食⫽風 (verb-object)

  1. (Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien) to attract wind; to invite the wind (of a place)
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be chilled by the wind
  3. (Cantonese) Short for 食西北風食西北风.
  4. (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
  5. (Hainanese) to get a breath of fresh air

Synonyms

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Adjective

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食風

  1. (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien, of a place or an object) being blown by wind