吹大炮

See also: 吹大砲

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī dàpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī dàpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei dàpào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹ ta⁴-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: chwēi dà-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei dahpaw
    • Palladius: чуй дапао (čuj dapao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Verb

吹⫽大炮 (verb-object)

1. to brag; to boast

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Harbin	吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
	Singapore	吹牛, 說大話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吹牛屄
	Wanrong	吹牛, 吹
	Xi'an	吹牛屄, 吹牛
	Xining	斬大話
	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
	Yangzhou	吹牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
	Hong Kong	車大炮, 吹, 吹水
	Taishan	吹牛, 車大炮
	Dongguan	放葫蘆
Gan	Nanchang	吹牛屄
	Lichuan	吹膨兒
	Pingxiang	吹蒙子
Hakka	Meixian	車大炮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	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
	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
	Quanzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	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
	Taipei	歕雞胿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歕雞胿
	Kaohsiung	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Yilan	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭彈
	Taichung	歕雞胿, 烏白講
	Tainan	臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
	Hsinchu	歕雞胿, 膨風
	Kinmen	歕雞胿
	Penghu (Magong)	歕雞胿
	Penang (Hokkien)	好臉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好臉
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝仙, 放風
	Shantou	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
	Jieyang	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝
	Singapore (Teochew)	好臉
Wu	Shanghai	吹牛屄, 吹牛三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吹牛屄
	Suzhou	吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
	Danyang	吹牛屄
	Hangzhou	吹牛屄
	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)