Chinese symbol for “busted”
吹了
chuī le
failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for busted is 吹了 (chuī le), defined as: failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吹了.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 吹嘘 (吹噓) | chuī xū | to brag |
| 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) |
| 为了 (為了) | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
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.