Meaning
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
Chinese: 吹气、吹奏，也指夸口。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chui” becomes a different word in each tone. 吹 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 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; adulation
- 吹了chuī lefailed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died
- 吹水chuī shuǐ(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
- 吹气chuī qìto blow air (into)
Example Sentence
风轻轻地吹着，很凉快。Fēng qīng qīng de chuī zhe, hěn liáng kuai.The wind blows gently and it is cool.
风Fēngwind轻轻qīng qīnglightly地de(adverb marker)吹chuīto blow着zhe(ongoing action)，很hěnvery凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather e。