# 吹噓
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuīxū
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$ heoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuīxū
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chueisyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻui$^1$-hsü$^1$
*** Yale: chwēi-syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueishiu
*** Palladius: чуйсюй (čujsjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$ heoi$^1$
*** Yale: chēui hēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$ hoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$ hêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhwe xjo
Rime :
| Character | 吹 | 噓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 昌垂切 | 朽居切 |
| Baxter | tsyhwe | xjo |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰiuᴇ/ | /hɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰʷiɛ/ | /hiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰjuɛ/ | /xiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰwiə̆/ | /hɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiue/ | /xiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰǐwe/ | /xĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰwie̯/ | /xi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chuī | xū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ | heoi$^1$ |

### Verb

吹噓
* to lavish praise on oneself or others; to brag; to boast
    吹噓的資本／吹嘘的资本 ― chuīxū de zīběn ― the right to brag (bragging rights)
* (literary or dialectal) to breathe out
* (literary) to do something with ease
* (literary) to attack (of wind)​
* (literary) to promote
* (literary) to play a yu (竽)

#### Synonyms

* (to brag):
* 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
* 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
* 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)
* 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)
* (to flatter):
* 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
* 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
* 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
* 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
* 嘆美／叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
* 嘉許／嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
* 嘆賞／叹赏 (tànshǎng)
* 捧 (pěng)
* 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
* 禮讚／礼赞 (lǐzàn)
* 稱嘆／称叹 (chēngtàn)
* 稱揚／称扬 (chēngyáng)
* 稱美／称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
* 稱許／称许 (chēngxǔ)
* 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
* 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
* 稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn)
* 稱賞／称赏 (chēngshǎng) (formal)
* 稱道／称道 (chēngdào)
* 稱頌／称颂 (chēngsòng)
* 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
* 表揚／表扬 (biǎoyáng)
* 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng)
* 誇／夸 (kuā)
* 誇獎／夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
* 讚嘆／赞叹 (zàntàn)
* 讚揚／赞扬 (zànyáng)
* 讚美／赞美 (zànměi)
* 讚許／赞许 (zànxǔ)
* 讚頌／赞颂 (zànsòng)
* 賞／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 頌讚／颂赞 (sòngzàn)
* 顯揚／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)