誇大

Chinese

		to boast	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (誇大)		誇	大
simp. (夸大)		夸	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuādà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ daai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuādà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuadà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-ta⁴
    • Yale: kwā-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuadah
    • Palladius: куада (kuada)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: kwā daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tāi / khua-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dai, qoa'doa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tai⁴¹/, /kʰua³³ tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/

Verb

誇大

1. to exaggerate; to overstate; to hyperbolise

Synonyms

• 擺攤兒／摆摊儿 (bǎi tānr) (figurative)
• 擺攤子／摆摊子 (bǎi tānzi) (figurative)
• 渲染 (xuànrǎn) (figurative)
• 虛張／虚张 (xūzhāng) (literary)
• 誇張／夸张 (kuāzhāng)
• 鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)

 

Derived terms

• 誇大不實／夸大不实
• 誇大其詞／夸大其词 (kuādàqící)
• 誇大其辭／夸大其辞 (kuādàqící)
• 誇大狂／夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇	大
こ Grade: S	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こだい [kòdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞da̠i]

Adjective

誇(こ)大(だい) • (kodai) -na (adnominal 誇(こ)大(だい)な (kodai na), adverbial 誇(こ)大(だい)に (kodai ni))

1. exaggeration

Derived terms

• 誇大妄想(こだいもうそう) (kodaimōsō): megalomania
• 誇大宣伝(こだいせんでん) (kodaisenden): exaggerated advertisement
• 誇大広告(こだいこうこく) (kodaikōkoku): deceptive advertising