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): ㄔㄈㄥ

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

Verb

吃風

(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

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