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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-khiéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kua^ˊ kieu^ˋ
  - 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

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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)
歕雞胿 / 𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
歕雞胲 / 𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
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)
自詡 / 自诩 (zìxǔ)
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 (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)