吹水

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Chinese

to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
 water; river
simp. and trad.
(吹水) 		吹 水

Pronunciation

Verb

吹水

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) to brag; to boast; to talk big
  2. (Cantonese) to chat; to talk casually

Synonyms

  • (to brag; to boast):
  • (to chat):
Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒
Taiwan 聊天
Chifeng 聊天, 嘮嗑兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒
Harbin 閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
Shenyang 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊
Singapore 談天
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 搭咯
Tangshan 聊天兒, 談天
Cangzhou 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒
Baoding 聊天兒, 說話兒
Shijiazhuang 談天
Jinan 拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 拉呱兒
Qingdao 拉呱, 拉呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒
Wanrong 閒諞
Zhengzhou 說閒話兒
Xi'an 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞
Xining 喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋
Xuzhou 聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞
Lanzhou 聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞
Ürümqi 閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子
Chongqing 吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠
Wuhan 談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒
Guiyang 擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯
Kunming 聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白
Guilin 扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天
Liuzhou 聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹
Yangzhou 聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話
Nantong 聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱
Hefei 閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒
Cantonese Guangzhou 傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音
Hong Kong 傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 打牙交
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 傾偈
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 傾偈
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 傾偈, 打牙骹
Macau 傾偈
Guangzhou (Panyu) 傾偈
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 傾偈
Guangzhou (Conghua) 傾偈
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 傾偈, 打牙骹
Foshan 傾偈
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 講時聞, 傾偈
Foshan (Shunde) 傾偈
Foshan (Sanshui) 傾偈
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 傾偈
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 傾偈
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 傾偈
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 傾偈
Zhuhai (Doumen) 傾偈
Jiangmen (Baisha) 傾偈
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 傾偈
Taishan 傾偈
Kaiping (Chikan) 傾偈
Enping (Niujiang) 傾偈
Heshan (Yayao) 傾偈
Dongguan 傾偈, 打牙骹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 傾偈, 打牙骹
Yangjiang 講嘴, 傾偈, 傾
Xinyi 傾
Nanning 傾偈
Wuzhou 傾偈
Yulin 傾偈, 車大炮
Hepu (Lianzhou) 傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮
Beihai 傾偈, 傾一傾
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 傾偈
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 傾
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 傾偈
Singapore (Guangfu) 傾偈
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 傾偈
Móng Cái 傾偈
Gan Nanchang 談坨, 談天
Lichuan 話閒事, 學事
Pingxiang 打閒講
Hakka Meixian 閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇
Xingning 講閒談
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 傾偈
Huiyang 打牙花
Huidong (Daling) 講閒話
Dongguan (Qingxi) 打牙骹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 打牙花
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 傾偈
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 閒尞
Wuhua (Huacheng) 講閒談, 講仙天
Wuhua (Changbu) 講閒談
Wuhua (Mianyang) 閒談
Wuhua (Meilin) 喥牙談, 講嘴哩
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 講閒談
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 閒談
Changting 講閒談
Wuping 講閒談
Wuping (Pingyu) 講閒談
Ninghua 聊天
Yudu 吵天, 打吱喳
Ruijin 嘈閒天
Shicheng 談閒天
Shangyou (Shexi) 講閒天
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 打嘴鼓, 譫哆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 打嘴鼓, 譫哆
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 打嘴鼓
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 打嘴鼓
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 打嘴鼓, 閒談
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 打嘴鼓, 譫哆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 打嘴鼓, 譫哆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 打嘴鼓, 譫哆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 答嘴鼓, 答詑
Hong Kong 講水古
Luchuan (Daqiao) 車大炮
Sabah (Longchuan) 傾偈, 車大炮
Singkawang 尞
Huizhou Jixi 談天, 聒談
Shexian 談天, 談心
Jin Taiyuan 倒楔
Xinzhou 閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉
Linhe 拉話, 閒拍
Jining 瞎聊
Hohhot 搗拉, 拉呱
Zhangjiakou 拉閒話
Handan 聊天兒, 談天
Northern Min Jian'ou 冇講, 講故事
Eastern Min Fuzhou 攀講, 講症
Fuqing 攀講
Matsu 攀講
Southern Min Xiamen 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙
Quanzhou 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙
Zhangzhou 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙
Zhao'an 拍嘓, 設潲
Taipei 開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞
New Taipei (Sanxia) 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
Kaohsiung 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
Yilan 開講, 畫虎𡳞
Changhua (Lukang) 畫虎𡳞
Taichung 開講, 破豆
Tainan 開講, 畫虎𡳞
Hsinchu 開講
Kinmen 答喙鼓, 開講
Penghu (Magong) 開講, 畫虎𡳞
Penang (Hokkien) 傾偈
Singapore (Hokkien) 敲嘓, 傾偈
Manila (Hokkien) 講古
Pingnan (Shangdu) 傾偈
Chaozhou 詖閒話
Shantou 䛩奅
Singapore (Teochew) 敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱
Leizhou 講四方, 講善喻, 傾談
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 傾偈
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 傾偈
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 聊天
Wu Shanghai 講張, 茄山河, 講閒話
Shanghai (Chongming) 講神
Suzhou 講張
Wuxi 扯, 扯老空
Danyang 談閒
Hangzhou 談天
Ningbo 講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經
Wenzhou 講閒談
Jinhua 談天
Jinhua (Tangxi) 講白搭
Xiang Changsha 扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼
Xiangtan 扯談
Loudi 談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談
Shuangfeng 扯談, 打講
Quanzhou 談白, 聊天

Descendants

  • → Hong Kong English: blow water (calque)

References

  • 阿塗 (2017) 七刻 , transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing
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