# 吹牛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chuīniú
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pfěiniú
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi$^1$ ngau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cui$^1$ ngeu$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôi-ngiù
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui-gû / chhui-ngiû
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuīniú
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chueinióu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻui$^1$-niu$^2$
*** Yale: chwēi-nyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueiniou
*** Palladius: чуйню (čujnju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuīniúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chueinióur
*** Wade–Giles: chʻui$^1$-niu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chwēi-nyóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueinioul
*** Palladius: чуйнюр (čujnjur)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: pfěiniú
*** Sinological IPA : /p͡fʰei²¹ niɤu²⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$ ngau$^4$
*** Yale: chēui ngàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$ ngau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$ ngeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cui$^1$ ngeu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰui³³ ᵑɡeu²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôi-ngiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: coi$^ˊ$ ngiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: coi$^1$ ngiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯²⁴ ŋi̯u¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-gû
*** Tâi-lô: tshui-gû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhui'guu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ ɡu²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-ngiû
*** Tâi-lô: tshui-ngiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhuingiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ŋiũ¹³/

### Verb

吹牛
* to brag; to boast; to bluff

#### Synonyms

* 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
* 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
* 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
* 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
* 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)
* 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 (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) |

#### Derived terms

* 吹牛不打草稿 (chuīniú bù dǎ cǎogǎo)