吹

chuī

HSK 2freq #1880

Meanings

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chuī

1.to blow
2.to play a wind instrument
3.to blast
4.to puff
5.to boast
6.to brag
7.to end in failure
8.to fall through

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Wiktionary

1.to blow; to puff
2.to blow
3.to hit; to strike
4.to blow; to play a wind instrument
5.to brag; to boast
6.to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle
7.to fall through; (of relationship) to break down
8.to like
9.wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
10.wind

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 口 (“mouth”) + 欠 (“blow”) according to oracle bones and bronzes. An archaic variant of this character is 龡.

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Stroke order

Components

吹口欠

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Example sentences

風從東方吹來。
The wind is blowing from the east.
你有帶吹風機嗎？
Did you bring a hair dryer?
你吹風機帶來了嗎？
Did you bring a hair dryer?
我吹次中音薩克斯風。
I play the tenor saxophone.
有人偷了我的吹風機。
Somebody has stolen my hair dryer.
是什么风把你吹来了啊？
What has brought you here?

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Related words

吹牛 to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth 吹捧 to flatter 吹了 failed; busted; to have not succeeded 吹拍 to resort to bragging and flattering 吹号 to blow a brass instrument 吹孔 (of a musical instrument) blow hole 告吹 to fizzle out 吹干 to blow-dry 吹风 to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair)吹灰 to blow away dust 吹胀 to blow up 吹台 (coll.) to fall through