chuī

to blow; to boast; to brag

HSK 5 #1390

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1390th character
Radical ⼝ (30.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 744

Definitions

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

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Words containing 吹

Word Meaning
to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
to flatter; adulation; to laud sb's accomplishments
to brag
hair dryer
to enthusiastically promote; to agitate for
nitpick
to boast; to talk big
to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
to fizzle out; to come to nothing
to play (wind instruments)
to caress (of breeze); to brush; to praise
hair dryer
to blow a brass instrument
to boast wildly
blowpipe
advocate
lit. windswept and battered by rain
to get angry; to fume
effortless; with ease; as easy as blowing off dust
effortless; with ease; as easy as blowing off dust
oral inflation
oral inflation
What brings you here? (idiom)
What brings you here? (idiom)
(the wind) blows violently
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