自詡

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	brag; harmony; make known
trad. (自詡)		自	詡
simp. (自诩)		自	诩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìxǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ heoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìxǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsü³
  - Yale: dz̀-syǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsheu
  - Palladius: цзысюй (czysjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ heoi²
  - Yale: jih héui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ hoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ hêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² hɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

自詡

to brag about oneself; to praise oneself; to crack oneself up

Synonyms

口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
拉誧／拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
放風球／放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
放風龜／放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
練扇空／练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
自矜 (zìjīn)
自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
誇／夸 (kuā)
誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
講空／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
風龜／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
鼓吹 (gǔchuī)