起風

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (起風)		起	風
simp. (起风)		起	风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² fung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hí-fûng

  (Hailu, HRS): hi^ˊ fung^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ fung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): qi² feng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-hong / khí-hoang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² huang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-fon; ⁵chi ¹fon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi³ hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐfong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-fêng¹
    • Yale: chǐ-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiifeng
    • Palladius: цифэн (cifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² fung¹
    • Yale: héi fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ fung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ fuŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ fung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴⁻³³ fuŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi³ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qi² feng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ fəŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hong
    • Tâi-lô: khí-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hoang
    • Tâi-lô: khí-huang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hoafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ huaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-fon; ⁵chi ¹fon
    • MiniDict: chi^去 fon; chi^去 fon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-fon; ²qi ¹fon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ foŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴  foŋ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qi³ hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ xən³³/

Verb

起風

1. (impersonal) the wind becomes stronger; wind is picking up

   起風了。／起风了。  ―  Qǐfēng le.  ―  The wind is picking up.

2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, intransitive) to rut; to be on heat (of animals)

Synonyms

• (the wind becomes stronger): (Hakka) 發風／发风; (Teochew) 浮風／浮风