吹
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See also: 欥
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Han character
吹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口弓人 (RNO), four-corner 67082, composition ⿰口欠)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3373
- Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5439
Glyph origin
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 欠 (“blow”) according to oracle bones and bronzes. An archaic variant of this character is 龡.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cui1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чуй (čuy, I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôi
- Jin (Wiktionary): cui1
- Eastern Min (BUC): chuŏi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tshy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chuei
- Wade–Giles: chʻui1
- Yale: chwēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei
- Palladius: чуй (čuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cui1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cui
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чуй (čuy, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuei²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceoi1
- Yale: chēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey1
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôi
- Hakka Romanization System: coiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: coi1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: cui1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuei¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chuŏi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
- Tâi-lô: tshe
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
- IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰe³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe
- Tâi-lô: tshue
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhoef
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
- Tâi-lô: tshui
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Philippines)
Note:
- chhe/chher/chhoe - vernacular;
- chhui - literary.
- Middle Chinese: tsyhwe
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰo[r]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjol/
Definitions
吹
- to blow; to puff
- (of wind) to blow
- to blow; to play a wind instrument
- 吹口琴 ― chuī kǒuqín ― to play the harmonica
- (colloquial) to brag; to boast
- (colloquial) to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle
- (colloquial, of a plan) to fall through; (of relationship) to break down
- (Cantonese) Short for 吹水.
- (Cantonese) Short for 吹脹／吹胀 (ceoi1 zoeng3).
- (ACG) to like
- Misspelling of 催 (cuī, “to urge”).
Synonyms
- (to play a wind instrument): 吹奏 (chuīzòu)
- (to brag):
- 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
- 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
- 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
- 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
- 吹牛三 (1tshy 6gnieu-se) (Wu)
- 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
- 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
- 呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan3 lang6 uê7) (Teochew)
- 喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
- 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
- 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
- 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 拉空 (la1 kang1) (Teochew)
- 拉誧／拉𰵩 (la1 pu2) (Teochew)
- 放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
- 放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 放風球／放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 放風龜／放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
- 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
- 相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
- 紅膏／红膏 (Puxian Min)
- 練扇空／练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
- 自矜 (zìjīn)
- 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
- 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
- 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
- 誇／夸 (kuā)
- 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
- 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
- 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
- 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
- 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
- 講空／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
- 風龜／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
- 鼓吹 (gǔchuī)
Compounds
- 一吹一唱
- 一風吹／一风吹 (yīfēngchuī)
- 吹冷風／吹冷风 (chuī lěngfēng)
- 吹功 (chuīgōng)
- 吹口哨 (chuī kǒushào)
- 吹呼
- 吹啦
- 吹喇叭 (chuī lǎba)
- 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
- 吹大氣／吹大气
- 吹大炮 (chuī dàpào)
- 吹奏 (chuīzòu)
- 吹奏樂器／吹奏乐器 (chuīzòu yuèqì)
- 吳市吹簫／吴市吹箫
- 吹彈／吹弹
- 吹影鏤塵／吹影镂尘
- 吹手
- 吹打 (chuīdǎ)
- 吹打樂／吹打乐 (chuīdǎyuè)
- 吹拂 (chuīfú)
- 吹指
- 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
- 吹擂
- 吹樂器／吹乐器
- 吹毛
- 吹毛取瑕
- 吹毛毛
- 吹毛求瑕
- 吹毛求疵 (chuīmáoqiúcī)
- 吹毛索疵
- 吹氣勝蘭／吹气胜兰
- 吹氣球／吹气球
- 吹法螺
- 吹火
- 吹灰
- 吹灰之力 (chuīhuīzhīlì)
- 吹燈／吹灯
- 吹燈兒／吹灯儿
- 吹牛 (chuīniú)
- 吹牛大王 (chuīniú dàwáng)
- 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí)
- 吹玻璃
- 吹皺一池春水／吹皱一池春水 (chuī zhòu yīchí chūn shuǐ)
- 吹竹
- 吹筒
- 吹管 (chuīguǎn)
- 吹箭
- 吹簫／吹箫 (chuīxiāo)
- 吹簫吳市／吹箫吴市
- 吹糖
- 吹糖人兒／吹糖人儿
- 吹糠見米／吹糠见米
- 吹網／吹网
- 吹脣／吹唇
- 吹腔 (chuīqiāng)
- 吹臺／吹台 (chuītái)
- 吹葭
- 吹蝕／吹蚀 (chuīshí)
- 吹蝕作用／吹蚀作用
- 吹蝕穴／吹蚀穴 (chuīshíxué)
- 吹襲／吹袭 (chuīxí)
- 吹起捏塌
- 吹送流
- 吹釉
- 吹銃／吹铳
- 吹雲／吹云
- 吹風／吹风 (chuīfēng)
- 吹風機／吹风机 (chuīfēngjī)
- 吹風胡哨／吹风胡哨
- 吹鬍子／吹胡子
- 吹鼓手 (chuīgǔshǒu)
- 噓枯吹生／嘘枯吹生
- 因風吹火／因风吹火
- 大力鼓吹
- 大吹
- 大吹大擂 (dàchuīdàléi)
- 大吹法螺 (dàchuīfǎluó)
- 大吹牛皮
- 大肆吹噓／大肆吹嘘
- 引風吹火／引风吹火
- 弦吹
- 懲羹吹齏／惩羹吹齑 (chénggēngchuījī)
- 斬草不除根，春風吹又生／斩草不除根，春风吹又生 (zhǎn cǎo bù chúgēn, chūnfēng chuī yòu shēng)
- 日炙風吹／日炙风吹
- 橫吹／横吹 (héngchuī)
- 清吹
- 胡吹亂滂／胡吹乱滂
- 胡吹亂謅／胡吹乱诌
- 胡吹大氣／胡吹大气
- 自吹自擂 (zìchuīzìléi)
- 自我吹噓／自我吹嘘
- 超吹 (chāochuī)
- 鏤塵吹影／镂尘吹影
- 雨打風吹／雨打风吹
- 電吹風／电吹风 (diànchuīfēng)
- 順風吹火／顺风吹火
- 風吹浪打／风吹浪打
- 風吹砂／风吹砂
- 風吹草低／风吹草低
- 風吹草動／风吹草动 (fēngchuīcǎodòng)
- 風吹雨打／风吹雨打 (fēngchuīyǔdǎ)
- 馬上吹／马上吹
- 鬼吹燈／鬼吹灯
- 麵杖吹火／面杖吹火
- 鼓吹
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chuèi
- Wade–Giles: chʻui4
- Yale: chwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuey
- Palladius: чуй (čuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: in 鼓吹 (gǔchuī), Mainland Standard Chinese uses chuī for all senses.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceoi3
- Yale: cheui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey3
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: tsyhweH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰo[r]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjols/
Definitions
吹
- ⁜ wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
- (literary) wind
Compounds
References
- “Entry #2981”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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Kanji
吹
- To blow (such as an instrument)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Historical spelling: ᄎᆔ (Yale: chywi), see Gale (1897, p. 1094).
Hanja
References
Gale, James S.: A Korean-English Dictionary. Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, 1897.
Han character
吹: Hán Nôm readings: xuy, xi, xơi, xoe, xôi, xuê, xúy/xuý, xùi, xì, xỉ, xua, xuề, xuế, xuể, xui, xủi, xuôi
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