吹風

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (吹風)		吹	風
simp. (吹风)		吹	风
anagram		風吹／风吹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuīfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ fung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe-hong / chher-hoang / chhoe-hong / chhe-hoang / chhui-hong
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshy ¹fon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueifong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: chwēi-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueifeng
    • Palladius: чуйфэн (čujfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ fung¹
    • Yale: chēui fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'hofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chher-hoang
    • Tâi-lô: tsher-huang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰə³³ huaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tshue-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoe'hofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-hoang
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-huang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'hoafng
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰe³³ huaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tshui-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhui'hofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshy ¹fon
    • MiniDict: tshy^平 fon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshr ¹fon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴  foŋ⁵³/

Verb

吹風

1. to be in a draft; to catch a chill
2. to dry (hair, etc.) with a blower; to blow-dry
3. (informal) to let somebody in on something in advance
4. (Cantonese) to have rumours
5. (Shanghainese) to catch a cold

   儂搿兩天身體蠻弱，當心勿要吹著風。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬搿两天身体蛮弱，当心勿要吹着风。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁸geq-lian-thi ¹sen-thi ¹me-zaq ¹taon-shin ⁸veq-iau ¹tshy-tsaq ¹fon [Wugniu]

   Your body is rather weak these days; be careful not to catch a cold.

Synonyms

• (to be in a draft): (Hokkien) 㧣風／㧣风
• (to catch a cold):

Dialectal synonyms of 著涼 (“to fall ill from inadequate warm-keeping”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		著涼
Mandarin	Beijing	著涼, 受涼, 閃著
	Taiwan	著涼, 受涼
	Jinan	受涼, 涼著, 凍著
	Xi'an	涼著, 受涼
	Wuhan	受涼, 涼了
	Chengdu	涼囉, 涼倒
	Yangzhou	受涼
	Hefei	受涼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冷嚫
	Hong Kong	冷嚫, 凍嚫
	Foshan (Shunde)	冷嚫
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	冷嚫
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	冷嚫
	Taishan	冷著, 颼著
	Kaiping (Chikan)	冷著, 涼著
	Dongguan	凍著
	Shaoguan	冷嚫
	Yunfu	冷倒
	Yangjiang	冷緊
	Xinyi	冷到地
	Lianjiang	冷到地
Gan	Nanchang	受寒, 冷倒
Hakka	Meixian	凍倒, 受倒風, 著涼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	寒著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	寒著, 冷著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冷著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	寒著, 冷著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	寒著, 冷著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	寒著, 冷著
Jin	Taiyuan	受涼, 涼著
Northern Min	Jian'ou	凊著
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	寒去
Southern Min	Xiamen	寒著, 冷著, 感著
	Quanzhou	寒著, 冷著
	Zhangzhou	寒著, 冷著, 感著
	Taipei	寒著
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	冷著
	Kaohsiung	寒著, 感著
	Yilan	寒著, 感著
	Changhua (Lukang)	寒著, 感著
	Taichung	寒著, 感著
	Tainan	寒著, 感著
	Hsinchu	寒著
	Kinmen	寒著
	Penghu (Magong)	寒著
	Manila (Hokkien)	寒著, 冷著
	Chaozhou	寒著
Wu	Suzhou	著蔭, 受蔭, 受寒, 受冷
	Wenzhou	凍著
Xiang	Changsha	受涼, 受寒, 凍噠
	Shuangfeng	受寒, 凍哩, 冷哩

Derived terms

• 吹風會／吹风会 (chuīfēnghuì)
• 吹風機／吹风机 (chuīfēngjī)
• 吹風筒／吹风筒