鼓吹
Chinese edit
convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat |
to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure | ||
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simp. and trad. (鼓吹) |
鼓 | 吹 | |
Literally: “drumming and blowing”. |
Pronunciation 1 edit
Verb edit
鼓吹
- to promote enthusiastically; to preach
- to brag
Synonyms edit
- (to promote):
- (to brag):
- 吹 (colloquial)
- 吹噓/吹嘘 (chuīxū)
- 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
- 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
- 吹牛三 (1tshr 3nyieu-se) (Wu)
- 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
- 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
- 呾卵話/呾卵话 (Teochew)
- 喝仙 (Min Nan)
- 嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
- 嗙雞胲/嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
- 好臉/好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 拉空 (Teochew)
- 拉誧/拉𰵩 (Teochew)
- 放空 (Min Nan)
- 放臭屁 (Min Nan)
- 放風球/放风球 (Min Nan)
- 放風龜/放风龟 (Min Nan)
- 歕雞胿/𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
- 歕雞胲/𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
- 白話/白话 (báihua) (regional)
- 相空 (Min Nan)
- 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
- 練扇空/练扇空 (Min Nan)
- 膨風/膨风 (Min Nan)
- 自矜 (zìjīn)
- 自詡/自诩 (zìxǔ)
- 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 (Hokkien)
- 講空/讲空 (Min Nan)
- 車大炮/车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
- 風龜/风龟 (Min Nan)
See also edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Noun edit
鼓吹
- 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 and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trumpet; horn (wind instrument)
- (literary) music
Synonyms edit
- (suona):
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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鼓 | 吹 |
こ Grade: S |
すい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Verb edit
鼓吹する • (kosui suru) ←こすい (kosui)?suru (stem 鼓吹し (kosui shi), past 鼓吹した (kosui shita))
- to encourage
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "鼓吹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 鼓吹し | こすいし | kosui shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 鼓吹し | こすいし | kosui shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 鼓吹する | こすいする | kosui suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 鼓吹する | こすいする | kosui suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 鼓吹すれ | こすいすれ | kosui sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 鼓吹せよ¹ 鼓吹しろ² |
こすいせよ¹ こすいしろ² |
kosui seyo¹ kosui shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 鼓吹される | こすいされる | kosui sareru | |
Causative | 鼓吹させる 鼓吹さす |
こすいさせる こすいさす |
kosui saseru kosui sasu | |
Potential | 鼓吹できる | こすいできる | kosui dekiru | |
Volitional | 鼓吹しよう | こすいしよう | kosui shiyō | |
Negative | 鼓吹しない | こすいしない | kosui shinai | |
Negative continuative | 鼓吹せず | こすいせず | kosui sezu | |
Formal | 鼓吹します | こすいします | kosui shimasu | |
Perfective | 鼓吹した | こすいした | kosui shita | |
Conjunctive | 鼓吹して | こすいして | kosui shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 鼓吹すれば | こすいすれば | kosui sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |