吹牛皮

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	cattle hide; big talk; bragging cattle hide; big talk; bragging; boasting
simp. and trad. (吹牛皮)		吹	牛皮

Two Naxi people with a goatskin raft. Goatskin rafts are easier to blow than Cowhide rafts.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī niúpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī niúpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei nióupí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹ niu²-pʻi²
    • Yale: chwēi nyóu-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei nioupyi
    • Palladius: чуй нюпи (čuj njupi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴
    • Yale: chēui ngàuh pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ ngeo⁴ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹/

Verb

吹⫽牛皮 (verb-object)

1. to brag; to boast; to talk big

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)
• 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)

 

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