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Chinese symbol for “fume”

吹胡子瞪眼
chuī hú zi dèng yǎn
Traditional: 吹鬍子瞪眼
to get angry; to fume

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fume is 吹胡子瞪眼 (chuī hú zi dèng yǎn), defined as: to get angry; to fume.

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

吹 chuī
to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
胡 hú
recklessly, foolishly; wildly
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes
瞪 dèng
to stare at
radical 109 ⽬ · 17 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吹胡子瞪眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
鼓吹gǔ chuīto agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹嘘 (吹噓)chuī xūto brag
吹牛chuī niúto talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
吹捧chuī pěngto flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments
吹箫 (吹簫)chuī xiāoto 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 zòuto play (wind instruments)
胡说八道 (胡說八道)hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
胡子 (鬍子)hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers
孩子hái zichild
目瞪口呆mù dèng kǒu dāi(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)

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.

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