吹吹拍拍

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
simp. and trad. (吹吹拍拍)		吹	吹	拍	拍
AABB-type reduplication of 吹拍 (chuīpāi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuīchuīpāipāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄆㄞ ㄆㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ ceoi¹ paak³ paak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīchuīpāipāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄆㄞ ㄆㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueichueipaipai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-chʻui¹-pʻai¹-pʻai¹
    • Yale: chwēi-chwēi-pāi-pāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueichueipaipai
    • Palladius: чуйчуйпайпай (čujčujpajpaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ ceoi¹ paak³ paak³
    • Yale: chēui chēui paak paak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ tsoey¹ paak⁸ paak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ cêu¹ pag³ pag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ pʰaːk̚³ pʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

吹吹拍拍

1. to boast and flatter

   • 為了這些，就要拉攏一些人，排擠一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把資產階級政黨的庸俗作風也搬進共產黨裡來了。 [MSC, trad.]
     为了这些，就要拉拢一些人，排挤一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把资产阶级政党的庸俗作风也搬进共产党里来了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wèile zhèxiē, jiù yào lālǒng yīxiē rén, páijǐ yīxiē rén, zài tóngzhì zhōng chuīchuīpāipāi, lālāchěchě, bǎ zīchǎn jiējí zhèngdǎng de yōngsú zuòfēng yě bānjìn Gòngchǎndǎng lǐ lái le. [Pinyin]

     With this aim, they draw some people in, push others out and resort to boasting, flattery and touting among the comrades, thus importing the vulgar style of the bourgeois political parties into the Communist Party.