Chinese symbol for “brag”
吹嘘
chuī xū
Traditional: 吹噓
to brag
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brag is 吹嘘 (chuī xū), defined as: to brag.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “brag”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谝 (諞) | piǎn | to brag; Taiwan pr. [pian2] |
| 诩 (詡) | xǔ | to brag; popular |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly |
| 吹 | chuī | to blow; to play a wind instrument |
| 自白 | zì bái | confession; to make clear one's position or intentions |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吹嘘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly |
| 吹捧 | chuī pěng | to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments |
| 吹箫 (吹簫) | chuī xiāo | to play the xiao 箫 (xiāo), a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫 (wú shì chuī xiāo)) |
| 吹奏 | chuī zòu | to play (wind instruments) |
| 嘘声 (噓聲) | xū shēng | hissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure) |
| 唏嘘 (唏噓) | xī xū | (onom.) to sigh; to sob |
| 嘘嘘 (噓噓) | xū xū | to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brag”.
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.