誇口

Chinese

		to boast	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (誇口)		誇	口
simp. (夸口)		夸	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuākǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ hau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôa-khiéu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-khió / khoa-kháu / khoa-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuākǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuakǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: kwā-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuakoou
    • Palladius: куакоу (kuakou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ hau²
    • Yale: kwā háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-khiéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua´ kieu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹ kieu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-khió
    • Tâi-lô: khua-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: khua-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qao
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khua-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

Verb

誇口

1. to boast; to brag; to talk big

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)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 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)