"吹" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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吹
Trad. 吹
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(Bushou)		 口
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 口欠
Prononciation
Mandarin chuī
Entry Methods
Pinyin chui1
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Level 5
吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
Results beginning with 吹
吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship)
吹嘘 chuī xū to brag
吹拂 chuī fú to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise
吹捧 chuī pěng to flatter / to laud sb's accomplishments / adulation
吹奏 chuī zòu to play (wind instruments)
吹气 chuī qì to blow air (into)
吹散 chuī sàn to disperse
吹干 chuī gān to blow-dry
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
吹熄 chuī xī to blow out (a flame)
吹袭 chuī xí (of wind) to blow fiercely / (of a storm) to strike
吹哨 chuī shào to blow a whistle / to whistle
吹管 chuī guǎn blowpipe
吹号 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument
吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust
吹孔 chuī kǒng (of a musical instrument) blow hole
吹擂 chuī léi to talk big / to boast
吹拍 chuī pāi to resort to bragging and flattering / abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]
吹台 chuī tái (coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
吹胀 chuī zhàng to blow up / to inflate
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吹风机 chuī fēng jī hair dryer
吹口哨 chuī kǒu shào to whistle
吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast / to talk big
吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster
吹冷风 chuī lěng fēng to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
吹笛者 chuī dí zhě piper
吹管乐 chuī guǎn yuè woodwind music
吹喇叭 chuī lǎ ba (lit.) blowing the trumpet / (fig.) to praise sb / (slang) to give a blowjob
吹球机 chuī qiú jī lottery machine
吹哨人 chuī shào rén whistleblower
吹叶机 chuī yè jī leaf blower (machine)
吹竽手 chuī yú shǒu player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)
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
吹灰之力 chuī huī zhī lì a slight effort
吹糠见米 chuī kāng jiàn mǐ instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice
吹牛拍马 chuī niú pāi mǎ to resort to bragging and flattering
吹箫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹吹拍拍 chuī chuī pāi pāi to boast and flatter
吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
吹枕边风 chuī zhěn biān fēng to sway (sb) through pillow talk
吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn to get angry / to fume
Approximate Results for 吹
鼓吹 gǔ chuī to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
一吹 yī chuī puff
告吹 gào chuī to fizzle out / to come to nothing
瞎吹 xiā chuī to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
潮吹 cháo chuī female ejaculation
横吹 héng chuī military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han / transverse flute / to play such a flute
胡吹 hú chuī to boast wildly
劲吹 jìng chuī (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
气吹 qì chuī air blasting
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电吹风 diàn chuī fēng hair dryer
鼓吹者 gǔ chuī zhě advocate
下吹风 xià chuī fēng katabatic wind / gravity wind
洗剪吹 xǐ jiǎn chuī shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi to make an exhibition of oneself / ostentation
风吹雨打 fēng chuī yǔ dǎ lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom)
吴市吹箫 Wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
氧炔吹管 yǎng quē chuī guǎn oxyacetylene torch
大肆鼓吹 dà sì gǔ chuī to advocate vociferously
风吹草动 fēng chuī cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
风吹日晒 fēng chuī rì shài (idiom) to be exposed to the elements
胡吹乱捧 hú chuī luàn pěng indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
人工吹气 rén gōng chuī qì oral inflation
因吹斯汀 yīn chuī sī tīng (loanword) interesting
玉人吹箫 yù rén chuī xiāo virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史[Xiao1 Shi3] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1]
自我吹嘘 zì wǒ chuī xū to blow one's own horn (idiom)
背景吹风会  background briefing
不费吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
利用人工吹气 lì yòng rén gōng chuī qì oral inflation
安全情况吹风会  security briefing
砍头不过风吹帽 kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的 shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de What brings you here? (idiom)
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]
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