Keyword
to blow
- to puff
- to brag
- to boast
- Frequency
- #1546
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 欠 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
吹
to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
鼓吹
to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹嘘
to brag
吹牛
to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
吹捧
to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
吹箫
to play the xiao 箫 (xiāo), a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫 (wúshìchuīxiāo)); (slang) to give a blowjob
吹奏
to play (wind instruments)
吹哨
to blow a whistle; to whistle
吹风机
hair dryer
不费吹灰之力
as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
潮吹
female ejaculation
吹拂
to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise
吹风
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair); (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
风吹草动
(lit.) grass stirring in the wind (idiom); (fig.) the slightest whiff of trouble
吹袭
(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
自吹自擂
to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
电吹风
hair dryer
告吹
to fizzle out; to come to nothing
吹气
to blow air (into)
吹喇叭
(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob
吹熄
to blow out (a flame)
吹鼓手
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster
吹水
(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
吹散
to disperse