Chinese symbol for “bluster”
虚张声势
xū zhāng shēng shì
Traditional: 虛張聲勢
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bluster is 虚张声势 (xū zhāng shēng shì), defined as: (idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bluster”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咋呼 | zhā hu | bluster; ruckus |
| 耀武扬威 (耀武揚威) | yào wǔ yáng wēi | to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff |
| 诈唬 (詐唬) | zhà hu | to bluff; to bluster |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虚张声势.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 虚构 (虛構) | xū gòu | to make up; fabrication |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 空虚 (空虛) | kōng xū | hollow; emptiness |
| 虚弱 (虛弱) | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bluster”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.