风口

風口
fēngkǒu
noun #39,848

Meanings

  1. 1 drafty spot where the wind blows through
  2. 2 booming trend; hot new industry
  3. 3 air vent

Examples

HSK 3
Shuìjiào de shíhou, chuáng búyào duì zhe kōngtiáo de fēngkǒu.
When you sleep, don't have the bed facing the air conditioner's vent.
HSK 5
Bié zhàn zài fēngkǒu shàng, xiǎoxīn zháoliáng.
Don't stand in the draft, or you'll catch a chill.
HSK 6
Hěnduō niánqīngrén xiǎng zhuāzhù réngōng zhìnéng zhège fēngkǒu chuàngyè.
Many young people want to catch the AI boom and start their own companies.

Tips

culture
The boom sense comes from 雷军's much-quoted line that in the right 风口 even a pig can fly. A 风口 is now a hot sector that lifts anyone who gets in early, and to 抓住风口 is to catch the wave.
usage
For a vent the usual words are 出风口 and 通风口. 风口浪尖, 'where the wind is strongest and the waves highest', is its own idiom: at the centre of a storm of controversy.

Stroke Order

风 fēng
口 kǒu