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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
吃風
- (Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) to travel for fun; to go travelling