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吹牛

chuī niú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

吹牛 (chuī niú) means "to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 吹牛 means

1. to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth
2. dialectto chat idly

The characters in 吹牛

• 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast
• 牛niúox; cow; bull

Example sentences

• 他喜欢吹牛。
  Tā xǐhuan chuīniú.
  He likes to throw the bull.
• 我不想吹牛。
  I don't mean to brag.
• 消磨时间的最有效办法当然还是聊天吹牛侃大山。
  The most effective way to kill time, of course, is chatting, bragging, and having wild conversations.

Words starting with 吹牛

• 吹牛皮chuī niú píto boast; to talk big
• 吹牛拍马chuī niú pāi mǎto resort to bragging and flattering

Where 吹牛 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chuàng–cì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chuī niú correctly.
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