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鼓吹
Mandarin · pinyin gǔ chuī
Meanings
- to agitate for
- to enthusiastically promote
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3–1 · gu3 chui1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gu2 ceoi1
Cantonese word readings for 鼓吹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
verb
- to promote enthusiastically; to preach
- to brag
noun
- a loud wind and percussion ensemble in traditional Chinese music, usually featuring suona, drums, gongs and cymbals
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) suona (a type of woodwind instrument)
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trumpet; horn (wind instrument)
- (literary) music
verb
- (Puxian Min) to speak ill of someone behind their back
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