鼓吹

Chinese

convex; drum; to rouse
convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
 
to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
simp. and trad.
(鼓吹)
Literally: “drumming and blowing”.

Pronunciation 1


Verb

鼓吹

  1. to promote enthusiastically; to preach
  2. to brag
Synonyms
  • (to promote):
  • (to brag):
See also

Pronunciation 2


Noun

鼓吹

  1. a loud wind and percussion ensemble in traditional Chinese music, usually featuring suona, drums, gongs and cymbals
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) suona (a type of woodwind instrument)
  3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trumpet; horn (wind instrument)
  4. (literary) music
Synonyms
  • (suona):
Derived terms

Pronunciation 3


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou3 cuei1 [Phonetic: gou5 cuei1]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô-choi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuei⁵³³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou3 cuei1 [Phonetic: gou5 cuei1]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu³³²⁻²¹ t͡sʰuei⁵⁴⁴/

Verb

鼓吹

  1. (Puxian Min) to speak ill of someone behind their back

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “鼓吹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 236.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(すい) • (kosuiこすい (kosui)?

  1. encouragement

Verb

()(すい)する • (kosui suruこすい (kosui)?suru (stem ()(すい) (kosui shi), past ()(すい)した (kosui shita))

  1. to encourage

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

鼓吹

  1. chữ Hán form of cổ xúy (encourage)