吹噓

See also: 吹嘘

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	exhale; hiss
trad. (吹噓)		吹	噓
simp. (吹嘘)		吹	嘘うそ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuīxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueisyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: chwēi-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueishiu
    • Palladius: чуйсюй (čujsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ heoi¹
    • Yale: chēui hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwe xjo

Rime
Character	吹	噓
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲こえ)	昌あきら (24)	曉あかつき (32)
Final (韻いん)	支ささえ (12)	魚さかな (22)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	昌あきら垂たれ切きり	朽くち居きょ切きり
Baxter	tsyhwe	xjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇ/	/hɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛ/	/hiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuɛ/	/xiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwiə̆/	/hɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiue/	/xiɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰǐwe/	/xĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰwie̯/	/xi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuī	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1	heoi1

Verb

吹噓

1. to lavish praise on oneself or others; boast

   吹噓的てき資本しほん／吹嘘的てき资本  ―  chuīxū de zīběn  ―  the right to brag (bragging rights)

2. (literary or dialectal) to breathe out
3. (literary) to do something with ease
4. (literary) to attack (of wind)​
5. (literary) to promote
6. (literary) to play a yu (竽)

Synonyms

• (to brag):

• 口くち大だい (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三さん (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮がわ (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話ばなし／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 喝かつ仙せん (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
• 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
• 好こう臉／好こう脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉ひしげ空そら (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
• 拉ひしげ誧／拉ひしげ𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
• 放ひ空むなし (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
• 放ひ臭ぐさ屁へ (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 放ひ風ふう球だま／放ひ风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 放ひ風かぜ龜ひさし／放ひ风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 白話はくわ／白しろ话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相あい空そら (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練ねり扇おうぎ空むなし／练扇空むなし (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
• 自じ矜 (zìjīn)
• 自じ誇ほこ／自じ夸 (zìkuā)
• 自じ詡／自じ诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表おもて功こう (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇ほこ／夸 (kuā)
• 誇ほこ口くち／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇ほこ喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇ほこ耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說せつ大だい話はなし／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講こう嘐潲話ばなし／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
• 講こう空そら／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 車くるま大だい炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風かぜ龜ひさし／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
• 鼓吹こすい (gǔchuī)

 

• (to flatter):

• 名目めいもく (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
• 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
• 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘉よしみ勉つとむ (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
• 嘆美たんび／叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
• 嘉よしみ許もと／嘉よしみ许 (jiāxǔ)
• 嘆賞たんしょう／叹赏 (tànshǎng)
• 捧ささげ (pěng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 禮讚らいさん／礼れい赞 (lǐzàn)
• 稱しょう嘆／称しょう叹 (chēngtàn)
• 稱揚しょうよう／称しょう扬 (chēngyáng)
• 稱美しょうび／称美しょうび (chēngměi) (literary)
• 稱しょう許もと／称しょう许 (chēngxǔ)
• 稱しょう謂いい／称しょう谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱たたえ譽ほまれ／称たたえ誉ほまれ (chēngyù) (formal)
• 稱讚しょうさん／称しょう赞 (chēngzàn)
• 稱しょう道どう／称しょう道どう (chēngdào)
• 稱しょう頌／称しょう颂 (chēngsòng)
• 表彰ひょうしょう (biǎozhāng)
• 表おもて揚あげ／表おもて扬 (biǎoyáng)
• 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 誇ほこ／夸 (kuā)
• 誇ほこ獎／夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
• 讚たたえ嘆／赞叹 (zàntàn)
• 讚たたえ揚あげ／赞扬 (zànyáng)
• 讚美さんび／赞美 (zànměi)
• 讚たたえ許もと／赞许 (zànxǔ)
• 讚たたえ頌／赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 賞しょう／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頌讚／颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 顯揚けんよう／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)