# 喝仙
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoah-sian / hòa-sian
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah-sian
*** Tâi-lô: huah-sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoahsiefn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòa-sian
*** Tâi-lô: huà-sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoarsiefn
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /hua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɛn³³/

### Verb

喝仙
* (Hokkien) to brag; to boast; to bluff
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to chat

#### Synonyms

* (to brag):
* 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
* 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
* 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
* 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
* 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
* 吹牛三 ($^1$tshy $^6$gnieu-se) (Wu)
* 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
* 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
* 呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan$^3$ lang$^6$ uê$^7$) (Teochew)
* 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 (la$^1$ kang$^1$) (Teochew)
* 拉誧／拉𰵩 (la$^1$ pu$^2$) (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)
| 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) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 聊天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 搭咯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 聊天兒, 說話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拉呱兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 拉呱, 拉呱兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 閒諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 說閒話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 打牙交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 講時聞, 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 講嘴, 傾偈, 傾 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傾偈, 傾一傾 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傾偈 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 談坨, 談天 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 話閒事, 學事 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打閒講 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 講閒話 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打牙骹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 閒尞 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 講閒談, 講仙天 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 喥牙談, 講嘴哩 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Changting | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 聊天 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 吵天, 打吱喳 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 嘈閒天 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 談閒天 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 講閒天 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 閒談 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 答嘴鼓, 答詑 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 講水古 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 尞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 談天, 聒談 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 談天, 談心 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 倒楔 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉 |
| Jin | Linhe | 拉話, 閒拍 |
| Jin | Jining | 瞎聊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 搗拉, 拉呱 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 拉閒話 |
| Jin | Handan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 冇講, 講故事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 攀講, 講症 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 攀講 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 攀講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍嘓, 設潲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 開講, 破豆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 開講 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 答喙鼓, 開講 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敲嘓, 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 講古 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 詖閒話 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 詖話, 䛩奅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 詖話 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍法 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 講四方, 講善喻, 傾談 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傾偈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 聊天 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講張, 茄山河, 講閒話 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 講神 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 講張 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 扯, 扯老空 |
| Wu | Danyang | 談閒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 談天 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講閒談 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 談天 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 講白搭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 扯談 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扯談, 打講 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 談白, 聊天 |