吹牛皮
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Two Naxi people with a goatskin raft. Goatskin rafts are easier to blow than Cowhide rafts.
Chinese
to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure |
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吹 | 牛皮 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
吹⫽牛皮 (verb-object)
Synonyms
- 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)
Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”)