誇張

See also: 夸张

Chinese

		to boast	(a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (誇張)		誇	張
simp. (夸张)		夸	张

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuāzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ zoeng¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-tiong / khoa-tiang / khoa-tiuⁿ / khoa-tioⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kua¹ ziang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuajhang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-chang¹
    • Yale: kwā-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuajang
    • Palladius: куачжан (kuačžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ zoeng¹
    • Yale: kwā jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'diofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiang
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'diafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kua¹ ziang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khua tsiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ³³/

Verb

誇張

1. to exaggerate; to overstate

   用不著這麼誇張吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   用不着这么夸张吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Yòngbùzháo zhème kuāzhāng ba! [Pinyin]

   There's no need to exaggerate it so!

Synonyms

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• 渲染 (xuànrǎn) (figurative)
• 擺攤兒／摆摊儿 (bǎi tānr) (figurative)
• 擺攤子／摆摊子 (bǎi tānzi) (figurative)

• 虛張／虚张 (xūzhāng) (literary)
• 誇大／夸大 (kuādà)
• 鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)

Adjective

誇張

1. exaggerated; overstated; over-the-top

   沒那麼誇張吧。／没那么夸张吧。  ―  Méi nàme kuāzhāng ba.  ―  It can't be that over-the-top surely.

   使唔使咁誇張呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   使唔使咁夸张呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   sai² m⁴ sai² gam³ kwaa¹ zoeng¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Surely you are exaggerating things!

   有冇咁誇張！／有冇咁夸张！ [Cantonese]  ―  jau⁵ mou⁵ gam³ kwaa¹ zoeng¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Surely that's a bit too much?

Noun

誇張

1. (rhetoric) exaggeration; hyperbole

Derived terms

• 誇張其辭／夸张其辞

• 誇張法／夸张法

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇	張
こ Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) こちょー [kòchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

誇(こ)張(ちょう) • (kochō) 

1. exaggeration

Antonyms

• 矮小化(わいしょうか) (waishōka, “trivialization”)

Verb

誇(こ)張(ちょう)する • (kochō suru) transitive suru (stem 誇(こ)張(ちょう)し (kochō shi), past 誇(こ)張(ちょう)した (kochō shita))

1. to exaggerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誇張する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	誇張し	こちょうし	kochō shi
Continuative (連用形)	誇張し	こちょうし	kochō shi
Terminal (終止形)	誇張する	こちょうする	kochō suru
Attributive (連体形)	誇張する	こちょうする	kochō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	誇張すれ	こちょうすれ	kochō sure
Imperative (命令形)	誇張せよ¹ 誇張しろ²	こちょうせよ¹ こちょうしろ²	kochō seyo¹ kochō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誇張される	こちょうされる	kochō sareru
Causative	誇張させる 誇張さす	こちょうさせる こちょうさす	kochō saseru kochō sasu
Potential	誇張できる	こちょうできる	kochō dekiru
Volitional	誇張しよう	こちょうしよう	kochō shiyō
Negative	誇張しない	こちょうしない	kochō shinai
Negative continuative	誇張せず	こちょうせず	kochō sezu
Formal	誇張します	こちょうします	kochō shimasu
Perfective	誇張した	こちょうした	kochō shita
Conjunctive	誇張して	こちょうして	kochō shite
Hypothetical conditional	誇張すれば	こちょうすれば	kochō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
誇	張

Noun

誇張 • (gwajang) (hangeul 과장)

1. Hanja form^? of 과장 (“exaggeration”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
誇	張

Noun

誇張

1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (“exaggeration; overstatement”).

Verb

誇張

1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (“to boast; to brag; to exaggerate; to overstate”).

Adjective

誇張

1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (“exaggerated; overstated”).