誇張

See also: 夸张

Chinese

		to boast	(a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (誇張)		誇	張
simp. (夸张)		夸	张

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuāzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ zoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-tiong / khoa-tiang / khoa-tiuⁿ / khoa-tioⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuajhang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-chang¹
    • Yale: kwā-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuajang
    • Palladius: куачжан (kuačžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ zoeng¹
    • Yale: kwā jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'diofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiang
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'diafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

誇張

1. to exaggerate; to overstate

   用不著這麼誇張吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   用不着这么夸张吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Yòngbùzháo zhème kuāzhāng ba! [Pinyin]

   There's no need to exaggerate it so!

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 誇大／夸大 (kuādà)
• 鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)

 

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 誇張

1. exaggerated; overstated; over-the-top

   沒那麼誇張吧。／没那么夸张吧。  ―  Méi nàme kuāzhāng ba.  ―  It can't be that over-the-top surely.

   使唔使咁誇張呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   使唔使咁夸张呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   sai² m⁴ sai² gam³ kwaa¹ zoeng¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Surely you are exaggerating things!

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 誇張

1. (rhetoric) exaggeration; hyperbole

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇	張
こ Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

誇(こ)張(ちょう) • (kochō) 

1. exaggeration

Antonyms

• 矮小化(わいしょうか) (waishōka, “trivialization”)

Verb

誇(こ)張(ちょう)する • (kochō suru) transitive suru (stem 誇(こ)張(ちょう)し (kochō shi), past 誇(こ)張(ちょう)した (kochō shita))

1. to exaggerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誇張する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	誇張し	こちょうし	kochō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	誇張し	こちょうし	kochō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	誇張する	こちょうする	kochō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	誇張する	こちょうする	kochō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	誇張すれ	こちょうすれ	kochō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	誇張せよ¹ 誇張しろ²	こちょうせよ¹ こちょうしろ²	kochō seyo¹ kochō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誇張される	こちょうされる	kochō sareru
Causative	誇張させる 誇張さす	こちょうさせる こちょうさす	kochō saseru kochō sasu
Potential	誇張できる	こちょうできる	kochō dekiru
Volitional	誇張しよう	こちょうしよう	kochō shiyō
Negative	誇張しない	こちょうしない	kochō shinai
Negative continuative	誇張せず	こちょうせず	kochō sezu
Formal	誇張します	こちょうします	kochō shimasu
Perfective	誇張した	こちょうした	kochō shita
Conjunctive	誇張して	こちょうして	kochō shite
Hypothetical conditional	誇張すれば	こちょうすれば	kochō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative