誇口

Chinese

		to boast	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (誇口)		誇	口
simp. (夸口)		夸	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuākǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ hau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôa-khiéu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-khió / khoa-kháu / khoa-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuākǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuakǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: kwā-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuakoou
  - Palladius: куакоу (kuakou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwaa¹ hau²
  - Yale: kwā háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-khiéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kua´ kieu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹ kieu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-khió
  - Tâi-lô: khua-khió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: khua-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qao
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: khua-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'qor
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

Verb

誇口

to boast; to brag; to talk big

Synonyms

吹 (colloquial)
吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
呾卵話／呾卵话 (Teochew)
喝仙 (Min Nan)
嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拉空 (Teochew)
拉誧／拉𰵩 (Teochew)
放空 (Min Nan)
放臭屁 (Min Nan)
放風球／放风球 (Min Nan)
放風龜／放风龟 (Min Nan)
歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
相空 (Min Nan)
矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
練扇空／练扇空 (Min Nan)
膨風／膨风 (Min Nan)
自矜 (zìjīn)
自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
誇／夸 (kuā)
誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (Hokkien)
講空／讲空 (Min Nan)
車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
風龜／风龟 (Min Nan)
鼓吹

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