鼻空風

Chinese

		nostril; nose	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (鼻空風)		鼻空	風
simp. (鼻空风)		鼻空	风
alternative forms		鼻腔風／鼻腔风

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pi⁴ kang¹ bue¹ / pi⁴ kang¹ buiⁿ¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phīⁿ-khang-hong

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pi⁴ kang¹ bue¹ [Phonetic: pi¹ ang⁵ mue¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)aŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(p-)muei⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pi⁴ kang¹ buiⁿ¹ [Phonetic: pi¹ ang⁵ mui¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)aŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mui⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ-khang-hong
    • Tâi-lô: phīnn-khang-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvixqanghofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

鼻空風

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) breath; breathing (through the nose)
2. (Puxian Min) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects

Synonyms

(breath):

• 鼻息 (bíxī)
• (Hokkien) 鼻風／鼻风

(good prospects):

• 盼頭／盼头 (pàntou)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “鼻腔风”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 442.