風神

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See also: 风神

Chinese

wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
trad. (風神) 風 神
simp. (风神) 风 神
anagram 神風／神风
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Pronunciation

Noun

風神

  1. god of wind
  2. Alternative form of 豐神／丰神 (fēngshén, “bearing; manner; demeanour”)
  3. (Hokkien) braggart; boaster

Synonyms

  • (braggart):

Verb

風神

  1. (Hokkien) to brag; to talk big; to boast

Synonyms

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

Adjective

風神

  1. (Hakka) majestic; awe-inspiring

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風神):

Japanese

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The Japanese wind god Fūjin, Sōtatsu, 17th century.
Kanji in this term
風 神
ふう
Grade: 2 		じん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
風神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese 風神 (MC pjuwng zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 風神／风神 (fēngshén).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

風(ふう)神(じん) • (Fūjin) 

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of the wind

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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