吹牛

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (吹牛)		吹	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuīniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi¹ ngau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cui¹ ngeu³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôi-ngiù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui-gû / chhui-ngiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueinióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-niu²
    • Yale: chwēi-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueiniou
    • Palladius: чуйню (čujnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīniúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueinióur
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-niu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chwēi-nyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueinioul
    • Palladius: чуйнюр (čujnjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: chēui ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cui¹ ngeu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³³ ᵑɡeu²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôi-ngiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi^ˊ ngiu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi¹ ngiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯²⁴ ŋi̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-gû
    • Tâi-lô: tshui-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhui'guu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-ngiû
    • Tâi-lô: tshui-ngiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuingiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ŋiũ¹³/

Verb

吹牛

1. to brag; to boast; to bluff

Synonyms

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• 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 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)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 紅膏／红膏 (Puxian Min)
• 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)
• 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

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