吹牛

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (吹牛)		吹	牛

Etymology

Short for 吹牛皮 (chuīniúpí), literally “to inflate leather [in order to make a vessel]”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuīniú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): ceoi¹ ngau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cui¹ ngeu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôi-ngiù
Min Nan (POJ): chhui-gû / chhui-ngiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuīniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueiniou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ ngau⁴
  - Yale: chēui ngàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ ngau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ ngeo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cui¹ ngeu³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³³ ᵑgeu²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôi-ngiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi´ ngiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi¹ ngiu²
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo̯i²⁴ ɲi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-gû
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-gû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhui'guu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² gu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² gu¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ gu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-ngiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-ngiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuingiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ŋiũ¹³/

Verb

吹牛

to brag; to boast; to bluff

Synonyms

吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)

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