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Chinese
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to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure |
ox; cow; bull
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simp. and trad.
(吹牛)
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吹
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牛
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Pronunciation
Verb
吹牛
- to brag; to boast; to bluff
Synonyms
- 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)
Dialectal synonyms of
說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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吹牛, 說大話, 吹大炮
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| Harbin
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吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
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| Singapore
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吹牛, 說大話
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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吹牛屄
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| Wanrong
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吹牛, 吹
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| Xi'an
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吹牛屄, 吹牛
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| Xining
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斬大話
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| Xuzhou
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吹牛屄
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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吹牛屄
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Guiyang
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衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹
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| Yangzhou
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吹牛
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
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| Hong Kong
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車大炮, 吹, 吹水
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| Taishan
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吹牛, 車大炮
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| Dongguan
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放葫蘆
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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吹牛屄
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| Lichuan
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吹膨兒
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| Pingxiang
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吹蒙子
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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車大炮
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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吹牛屄
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| Xinzhou
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吹達, 吹牛屄
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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誇喙
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
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| Quanzhou
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風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
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| Zhangzhou
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風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝
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| Taipei
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歕雞胿
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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歕雞胿
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| Kaohsiung
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臭彈, 歕雞胿
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| Yilan
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臭彈, 歕雞胿
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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臭彈
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| Taichung
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歕雞胿, 烏白講
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| Tainan
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臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
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| Hsinchu
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歕雞胿, 膨風
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| Kinmen
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歕雞胿
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| Penghu (Magong)
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歕雞胿
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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好臉
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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好臉
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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喝仙, 放風
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| Shantou
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呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
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| Jieyang
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呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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好臉
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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吹牛屄, 吹牛三
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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吹牛屄
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| Suzhou
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吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
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| Danyang
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吹牛屄
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| Hangzhou
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吹牛屄
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| Ningbo
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吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話
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| Xiang
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Loudi
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吹牛皮
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| Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Derived terms