自詡

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	brag; harmony; make known
trad. (自詡)		自	詡
simp. (自诩)		自	诩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìxǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ heoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìxǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsü³
  - Yale: dz̀-syǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsheu
  - Palladius: цзысюй (czysjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ heoi²
  - Yale: jih héui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ hoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ hêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² hɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

自詡

to brag about oneself; to praise oneself; to crack oneself up

Synonyms

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口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
吹牛三 (Wu)
吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
呾卵話 / 呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
嗙雞胲 / 嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
好臉 / 好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
拉誧 / 拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
放風球 / 放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
放風龜 / 放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
歕雞胲 / 𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
歕雞胿 / 𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
白話 / 白话 (báihua) (regional)
相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
紅膏 / 红膏 (Puxian Min)
練扇空 / 练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
膨風 / 膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
自矜 (zìjīn)
自誇 / 自夸 (zìkuā)
表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
誇 / 夸 (kuā)
誇口 / 夸口 (kuākǒu)
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 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
講空 / 讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
車大炮 / 车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
風龜 / 风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
鼓吹 (gǔchuī)