吹水 (ceoi1 seoi2 | ) : to gossip; talk bullshit

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吹水

ceoi1 seoi2

[1] to gossip; chatter; natter; chitchat; shoot the breeze | [華] 閒談, 聊天, 談天說地
[2] to talk bullshit; tell lies; brag; blow one's own trumpet | [華] 吹牛, 撒謊, 自吹自擂

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 667,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

吹水

This word has been viewed 8170 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by hkl8324 on 25th Jul 2005 01:36 and last edited on 30th May 2010 07:00

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吹 ceoi1 - to blow; to puff; brag; boast
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)

1 compounds containing this word:

吹水唔抹嘴 - talk rubbish; talk nonsense

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大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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