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吹
Mandarin · pinyin chuī
Meanings
- to blow
- to play a wind instrument
- to blast
- to puff
- to boast
- to brag
- to end in failure
- to fall through
Characters in this entry
- 吹
- chuī · blow; puff; brag, boast
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Mandarin tones
1 · chui1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ceoi1 · ceoi3
Cantonese word readings for 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.
character
- to blow; to puff
- (of wind) to blow
- (of wind) to blow — (of typhoon) to hit; to strike
- to blow; to play a wind instrument
- (colloquial) to brag; to boast
- (colloquial) to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle
- (colloquial, of a plan) to fall through; (of relationship) to break down
- (Cantonese) ellipsis of 吹水 (ceoi¹ seoi²)
- (Cantonese) ellipsis of 吹脹 /吹胀 (ceoi¹ zoeng³)
- (ACG) to like
- (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of 催 (cuī, “to urge”).
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
- (literary) wind
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