喝西北風

See also: 喝西北风

Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	northwesterly
trad. (喝西北風)		喝	西北風
simp. (喝西北风)		喝	西北风
Literally: “to drink the northwest wind”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hē xīběifēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hē xīběifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: he siběifong
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹ hsi¹-pei³-fêng¹
  - Yale: hē syī-běi-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he shibeeifeng
  - Palladius: хэ сибэйфэн (xɛ sibɛjfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēxīběifēngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hesiběifongr
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹-hsi¹-pei³-fêng¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: hē-syī-běi-fēngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heshibeeifengl
  - Palladius: хэсибэйфэнр (xɛsibɛjfɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hot³ sai¹ bak¹ fung¹
  - Yale: hot sāi bāk fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸ sai¹ bak⁷ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hod³ sei¹ beg¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

喝西北風

to have nothing to eat
因為田地被暴風毀掉，老百姓只能喝西北風。 [MSC, trad.]
因为田地被暴风毁掉，老百姓只能喝西北风。 [MSC, simp.]
Yīnwèi tiándì bèi bàofēng huǐdiào, lǎobǎixìng zhǐnéng hē xīběifēng. [Pinyin]
Because the farmland was destroyed by the storms, the (ordinary) people have nothing to eat.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 食西北風／食西北风

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