Characters | Words | Sentences | Chinese Translation | Chinese Tests | Forums | Search
KangXi Radical List | Customise CantoDict | Dictionary Statistics
| 吹 | |
ceoi1
|
|
|
[1] [v] blow; puff [2] brag; boast; praise in exaggerated words [3] [v] break up Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: 口 (#30)
|
|
| 吹 | |
| This character was last edited on 28th Feb 2008 | |
Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Learn Chinese Learn Spanish | Satellite TV offers | Living in China | Business Chinese |
|
吹水
ceoi1 seoi2 = to talk bullshit; to tell lies粵
吹牛
ceoi1 ngau4 = to boast; to brag; to talk big國
吹捧
ceoi1 pung2 = to flatter; to laud; to praise
鼓吹
gu2 ceoi1 = advocacy, implantation, infusion
吹脹
ceoi1 zoeng3 = expression used when greatly annoyed; out of patience粵
吹氣
ceoi1 hei3 = huff
吹打
ceoi1 daa2 = beat upon
吹牛王
ceoi1 ngau4 wong4 = a blowhard, one who boasts
吹大風
ceoi1 daai6 fung1 = to blow a strong wind
一吹
jat1 ceoi1 = puffSee all 32 compounds |
|
|
Showing all 3 examples containing 吹
佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
edit
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?
真係俾佢吹脹 粵
edit
He rendered me speechless.
雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉 粵
edit
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
|
Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1532/]吹[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1532/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">吹</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 吹
Unicode code for this character: U+5439 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1532/]吹[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1532/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">吹</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 吹
Unicode code for this character: U+5439 (off-site link)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install
- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
Rows returned from database=33
CantoDict v1.3.13 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.