吹牛皮

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	cattle hide; big talk; bragging cattle hide; big talk; bragging; boasting
simp. and trad. (吹牛皮)		吹	牛皮

Two Naxi people with a goatskin raft. Goatskin rafts are easier to blow than Cowhide rafts.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuī niúpí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuī niúpí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuei nióupí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui¹ niu²-pʻi²
  - Yale: chwēi nyóu-pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei nioupyi
  - Palladius: чуй нюпи (čuj njupi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴
  - Yale: chēui ngàuh pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ ngau⁴ pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ ngeo⁴ péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹/

Verb

吹⫽牛皮 (verb-object)

to brag; to boast; to talk big

Synonyms

Synonyms of 吹牛皮

化仙 (Min Nan)
吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
吹牛三 (Wu)
吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
拉空 (Teochew)
放空 (Min Nan)
放臭屁 (Min Nan)
相空 (Min Nan)
矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
自矜 (zìjīn)
表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
鼓吹 (gǔchuī)
吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
呾卵話／呾卵话 (Min Nan)
嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
好臉／好脸 (Min Nan)

拉誧／拉𰵩 (Teochew)
放風球／放风球 (Min Nan)
放風龜／放风龟 (Min Nan)
歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
練扇空／练扇空 (Min Nan)
膨風／膨风 (Min Nan)
自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
誇／夸 (kuā)
誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
誇喙／夸喙 (Min Dong)
誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (Min Nan)
講空／讲空 (Min Nan)
車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
風龜／风龟 (Min Nan)

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