誇耀

Chinese

		to boast	brilliant; glorious
trad. (誇耀)		誇	耀
simp. (夸耀)		夸	耀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuāyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ jiu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôa-yeu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-iāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuayào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: kwā-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuayaw
    • Palladius: куаяо (kuajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ jiu⁶
    • Yale: kwā yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ jiːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua^ˊ ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹ yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua^ˊ (r)ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹ yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-iāu
    • Tâi-lô: khua-iāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'iau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iau³³/

Verb

誇耀

1. to flaunt; to brag about

Synonyms

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• 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
• 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
• 放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
• 放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 放風球／放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (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／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
• 自矜 (zìjīn)
• 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風龜／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
• 鼓吹 (gǔchuī)

 

Related terms

• 炫耀 (xuànyào)