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吹

chuī

HSK 5 Character

What 吹 means

1. to blow
2. to play a wind instrument
3. to blast
4. to puff
5. to boast
6. to brag
7. to end in failure
8. to fall through

Example sentences

• 他喜欢吹牛。
  Tā xǐhuan chuīniú.
  He likes to throw the bull.
• 风吹得很猛。
  Fēng chuī dehěn měng.
  It is blowing very hard.
• 汤姆在吹嘘。
  Tāngmǔ zài chuīxū.
  Tom is exaggerating.
• 风愈吹愈猛。
  The wind is picking up.
• 我不想吹牛。
  I don't mean to brag.
• 你会吹口哨吗？
  Nǐ huì chuīkǒushào ma?
  Do you know how to whistle?

Words starting with 吹

• 吹牛chuī niúto talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
• 吹捧chuī pěngto flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
• 吹嘘chuī xūto brag
• 吹拂chuī fúto brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise
• 吹风chuī fēngto let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room)…
• 吹口哨chuī kǒu shàoto whistle
• 吹奏chuī zòuto play (wind instruments)
• 吹散chuī sànto disperse
• 吹灭chuī mièto blow out (a flame)
• 吹风机chuī fēng jīhair dryer
• 吹毛求疵chuī máo qiú cīlit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom)…
• 吹干chuī gānto blow-dry
• 吹了chuī lefailed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company…
• 吹拍chuī pāito resort to bragging and flattering; abbr. for 吹牛拍马
• 吹气chuī qìto blow air (into)
• 吹水chuī shuǐ(colloquial) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
• 吹管chuī guǎnblowpipe
• 吹台chuī tái(colloquial) to fall through; to result in failure; (of a relationship) to break up
• 吹号chuī hàoto blow a brass instrument
• 吹袭chuī xí(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
• 吹冷风chuī lěng fēngto blow cold; damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
• 吹牛皮chuī niú píto boast; to talk big
• 吹球机chuī qiú jīlottery machine
• 吹管乐chuī guǎn yuèwoodwind music

Words containing 吹

• 鼓吹gǔ chuīto agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
• 风吹草动fēng chuī cǎo dòng(lit.) grass stirring in the wind (idiom); (fig.) the slightest whiff of trouble
• 风吹雨打fēng chuī yǔ dǎlit. windswept and battered by rain; to undergo hardship (idiom)
• 自吹自擂zì chuī zì léito blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
• 告吹gào chuīto fizzle out; to come to nothing
• 胡吹hú chuīto boast wildly
• 大风吹dà fēng chuī"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match…
• 电吹风diàn chuī fēnghair dryer
• 鼓吹者gǔ chuī zhěadvocate
• 人工吹气rén gōng chuī qìto inflate using one's breath; (in CPR) to give a rescue breath
• 潮吹cháo chuīfemale ejaculation
• 横吹héng chuīmilitary wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han; transverse flute…
• 不费吹灰之力bù fèi chuī huī zhī lìas easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
• 洗剪吹xǐ jiǎn chuīshampoo, haircut and blow-dry
• 劲吹jìng chuī(of wind) to blow strongly; (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
• 因吹斯汀yīn chuī sī tīng(loanword) interesting
• 瞎吹xiā chuīto boast; to shoot one's mouth off
• 自我吹嘘zì wǒ chuī xūto blow one's own horn (idiom)
• 风吹日晒fēng chuī rì shài(idiom) to be exposed to the elements
• 大吹大擂dà chuī dà léito make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation
• 吴市吹箫wú shì chuī xiāo(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥
• 玉人吹箫yù rén chuī xiāovirtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫
• 大肆鼓吹dà sì gǔ chuīto advocate vociferously
• 砍头不过风吹帽kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī màoto regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

Characters that look like 吹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 欢huānjoyous; happy; pleased
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 吮shǔnto suck
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 吠fèito bark

Sounds the same

Read chuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

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