起风

起風
qǐfēng
  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, intransitive) to rut; to be on heat (of animals)
  2. (impersonal) the wind becomes stronger; wind is picking up
  3. the wind becomes stronger; wind is picking up
  4. to rut; to be on heat (of animals)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 风 fēng
  1. wind
  2. news
  3. style
  4. custom
  5. manner

classifiers: 陣, 絲

Containing this entry

平地起风波 píngdìqǐfēngbō
  1. trouble appearing from nowhere
  2. unforeseen situation