# 吹大炮
## Chinese

| | | to blow; blast; puffto blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure | cannon; mounted gun; braggartcannon; mounted gun; braggart; boaster |
| trad. (吹大炮/吹大砲) | trad. (吹大炮/吹大砲) | 吹 | 大炮/大砲 |
| simp. (吹大炮) | simp. (吹大炮) | 吹 | 大炮 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuī dàpào
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuī dàpào
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuei dàpào
*** Wade–Giles: chʻui$^1$ ta$^4$-pʻao$^4$
*** Yale: chwēi dà-pàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei dahpaw
*** Palladius: чуй дапао (čuj dapao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

### Verb

吹⫽大炮 (verb-object)
* to brag; to boast

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吹牛, 說大話, 吹大炮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吹牛, 說大話 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 吹牛屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吹牛, 吹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吹牛屄, 吹牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 斬大話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吹牛屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吹牛屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吹牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 車大炮, 吹, 吹水 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吹牛, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 放葫蘆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吹牛屄 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 吹膨兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吹蒙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吹牛屄 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吹達, 吹牛屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 誇喙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 臭彈, 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 臭彈, 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 臭彈 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 歕雞胿, 烏白講 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 歕雞胿, 膨風 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 歕雞胿 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 好臉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 好臉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 喝仙, 放風 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 好臉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吹牛屄, 吹牛三 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吹牛屄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吹牛屄 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 吹牛屄 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吹牛皮 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |