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Meaning of 吹

Pinyin chuī

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

to blow / blast / puff / boast / brag / end in failure

Usage

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吹 [chuī] 〈动〉【本义】: 合拢嘴唇用力呼气 (This means: To bring lips together and forcefully exhale.) 1. 合拢嘴唇用力出气。 (To close the lips and blow air out with force.) 例如: 吹打。吹灯（a. To blow out the candle; b. To suggest a person's death; c. To mean failure or collapse）。吹毛求疵。吹鼓手（a. The person who plays drums at weddings or funerals; b. Someone who frivolously flatters and promotes others）。吹灰之力。 2. 说大话。 (To boast.) 例如: 吹牛。吹嘘。 3. 类似吹的动作。 (A similar action to blowing.) 例如: 吹拂。风吹草动。 4. （事情）失败。 (To fail in something.) 例如: 吹台。 5. 消息流传，鼓动宣传。 (To spread news, to incite or promote.) 例如: 鼓吹。【引】 1. 《说文》：吹，嘘也。 (From "Shuowen Jiezi": "To blow, to exhale.") 2. 《庄子·逍遥游》：生物之以息相吹也。 (From "Zhuangzi": "Life is sustained by blowing air.") 【例】例如: 吹火筒; 吹火 (To blow air to make fire stronger. In ancient times, bamboo tubes were often used for this purpose); 吹网 (To blow air into a net to inflate it); 吹吁 (Blowing and exhaling air). 【引】 1. 陆游《十一月四日风雨大作》：夜阑卧听风吹雨，铁马冰河入梦来。 (From Lu You: "At night, lying awake, I listen to the wind and rain, as iron horses and icy rivers enter my dreams.") 例如: 吹云 (To blow up clouds; another term for drums). 3. 引申为吹奏乐器。 (Extended to mean playing a musical instrument.) 例如: 吹手 (Drummer); 吹打 (Playing and beating instruments, indicating performing music); 吹唇 (To whistle). 4. 关系破裂;失败。 (To have a breakdown in relation; to fail.) 例如: 他们俩吹了; 原来的计划吹了。 (Example: They broke up; the original plan fell through.) 5. 说大话，自夸。 (To boast or exaggerate.) 例如: 吹得天花乱坠; 吹镑懵诈 (To talk wildly and deceive others). （*引自繁体辞典解释） (Reference from traditional dictionary explanations.) 参见「鼓吹」 (See "gǔchuī").

吹灯 chuī dēng

blow out a lamp

吹响 chuī xiǎng

blow

吹牛 chuī niú

to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)

吹嘘 chuī xū

to brag

吹奏 chuī zòu

to play (wind instruments)

吹风会 chuī fēng huì

briefing / leaking meeting / advanced briefing

风吹日晒 fēng chuī rì shài

(idiom) to be exposed to the elements

吹拂 chuī fú

to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise

吹风 chuī fēng

air / be in a draught / dry with a blower

风吹草动 fēng chuī cǎo dòng

lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble

吹箫 chuī xiāo

to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob

不费吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì

as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease

吹动 chuī dòng

blow

吹打 chuī dǎ

blow and beat -- to play music / play wind and percussion instruments

吹熄 chuī xī

to blow out (a flame)

吹捧 chuī pěng

to flatter / to laud sb's accomplishments / adulation

吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster

自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi

to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)

吹牛皮 chuī niú pí

to boast / to talk big

春风吹又生 chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

Spring breeze blows again

鼓吹 gǔ chuī

to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote

大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi

to make an exhibition of oneself / ostentation

吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī

lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick

瞎吹 xiā chuī

to boast / to shoot one's mouth off

吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn

to get angry / to fume

竖吹 shù chuī

Vertical blow