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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)
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食
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風
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| simp. (食风)
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食
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风
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| Literally: “to eat wind”.
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Etymology
Calque of Malay makan angin (“to eat wind”) for the fourth sense.
Pronunciation
Verb
食⫽風 (verb-object)
- (Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien) to attract wind; to invite the wind (of a place)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to be chilled by the wind
- (Cantonese) Short for 食西北風／食西北风.
- (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
- (Hainanese) to get a breath of fresh air
Synonyms
- (to invite the wind): 招風／招风 (zhāofēng)
- (to travel for fun): 兜風／兜风 (dōufēng), 吃風／吃风 (chīfēng)
Adjective
食風
- (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien, of a place or an object) being blown by wind