Chinese symbol for “bombastic”
虚夸
xū kuā
Traditional: 虛誇
to boast; to brag; boastful; exaggerative
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bombastic is 虚夸 (xū kuā), defined as: to boast; to brag; boastful; exaggerative; pompous; bombastic.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bombastic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘐 | xiāo | boastful; bombastic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虚夸.
| 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 |
| 夸张 (誇張) | kuā zhāng | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated |
| 夸大 (誇大) | kuā dà | to exaggerate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bombastic”.
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.