吹

吹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口弓人 (RNO), four-corner 6708₂, composition ⿰口欠)

• KangXi: page 179, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3373
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5439

Historical forms of the character 吹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 欠 (“blow”).

吹

1. to blow; to puff

   吹氣球／吹气球  ―  chuī qìqiú  ―  to blow up a balloon

2. (of wind) to blow

   • 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 787, Bai Juyi, 賦得古原草送別

     Yěhuǒ shāo bùjìn, chūnfēng chuī yòu shēng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. to play (a wind instrument)

   吹口琴  ―  chuī kǒuqín  ―  to play the harmonica

   • 客有吹洞簫者，倚歌而和之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     客有吹洞箫者，倚歌而和之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1082, Su Shi, 前赤壁賦

     Kè yǒu chuī dòngxiāo zhě, yǐgē ér hè zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. (colloquial) to brag; to boast
5. (colloquial) to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle
6. (colloquial, of a plan) to fall through; (of relationship) to break down
7. (Cantonese) Short for 吹水.
8. (ACG) to like

   吹爆  ―  chuī bào  ―  to like very much

   全員吹／全员吹  ―  quányuán chuī  ―  someone who likes everyone (in the anime)

9. Misspelling of 催 (cuī, “to urge”).

• (to fall through): 吹臺／吹台 (chuītái), 告吹 (gàochuī)

吹

1. ^⁜ wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
2. (literary) wind

• “Entry #2981”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To blow (such as an instrument)

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふく (fuku, 吹く, Jōyō)

• 吹(すい)禅(ぜん) (suizen): "blowing meditation"
• 吹(ふ)き鳴(な)らす (fukinarasu): "to blow"

吹 (eumhun 불 취 (bul chwi))

1. Hanja form^? of 취 (“to blow”).

吹: Hán Nôm readings: xuy, xi, xơi, xoe, xôi, xuê, xúy/xuý, xùi, xì, xỉ, xua, xuề, xuế, xuể, xui, xủi, xuôi

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