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)		鼓	吹
Literally: “drumming and blowing”.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔchuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² ceoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-chhôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chhui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔchuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔchuei
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻui¹
    • Yale: gǔ-chwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuei
    • Palladius: гучуй (gučuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² ceoi¹
    • Yale: gú chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-chhôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˋ coi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ coi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ t͡sʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhui
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

鼓吹

1. to promote enthusiastically; to preach
2. to brag

Synonyms

• (to promote):

edit

• 安利 (ānlì) (mainland China, slang, neologism)
• 宣傳／宣传 (xuānchuán)
• 宣揚／宣扬 (xuānyáng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 種草／种草 (zhòngcǎo) (mainland China, slang, neologism)

 

• (to brag):

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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 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (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)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 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)

 

See also

• 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔchuī, gǔchuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² ceoi³ / gu² ceoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chhe / kó͘-chher / kó͘-chhoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔchuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔchuei
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻui¹
    • Yale: gǔ-chwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuei
    • Palladius: гучуй (gučuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔchuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔchuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻui⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-chwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuey
    • Palladius: гучуй (gučuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² ceoi³ / gu² ceoi¹
    • Yale: gú cheui / gú chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tsoey³ / gu² tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² cêu³ / gu² cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/, /kuː³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chher
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsher
    • IPA (Lukang): /kɔ⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰə³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰə³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kɔ⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰə⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/

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):

Dialectal synonyms of 嗩吶 (“suona (musical instrument)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嗩吶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嗩吶, 鼻兒
	Taiwan	嗩吶
	Singapore	嗩吶
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	樂人
	Xi'an	嗩吶
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嗩吶子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	撒拉子, 哩哩吶
	Guiyang	嗩吶
	Liuzhou	咪嗎, 嗩吶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲咑, 哬哚
	Hong Kong	啲咑, 嗩吶
	Dongguan	啲咑
	Yangjiang	啲咑
Gan	Lichuan	吹打, 嗩吶
	Pingxiang	喇叭
Hakka	Yudu	喇叭
	Shicheng	哈噠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	吹打
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笛仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	吹笛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	笛仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	笛, 啲咑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	笛仔, 笛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嗒嘀
Huizhou	Jixi	大親
Jin	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	咪咪
	Xinzhou	三號
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啲嗒仔 soprano, 喇叭 alto or bass
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𫪦咑
Southern Min	Xiamen	噯仔
	Quanzhou	噯仔
	Zhangzhou	嗒知嘟
	Taipei	鼓吹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鼓吹
	Kaohsiung	鼓吹
	Yilan	鼓吹
	Changhua (Lukang)	鼓吹
	Taichung	鼓吹
	Tainan	鼓吹
	Hsinchu	鼓吹
	Kinmen	鼓吹
	Penghu (Magong)	鼓吹
	Chaozhou	啲咑
	Shantou	啲咑
	Jieyang	啲咑
	Puning	啲咑
	Haifeng	鼓手
	Leizhou	笛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哬哚
Wu	Shanghai	嗩吶

Derived terms

• 鼓吹樂／鼓吹乐

 

Pronunciation 3

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gou³ cue¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou³ cue¹ [Phonetic: gou⁵ cue¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔu⁴⁵³⁻²¹ t͡sʰuei⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou³ cue¹ [Phonetic: gou⁵ cue¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔu³³²⁻²¹ t͡sʰuei⁵³³/

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
鼓	吹
こ Grade: S	すい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こすい [kòsúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞sɨi]

Noun

鼓(こ)吹(すい) • (kosui) ^{←こすい (kosui)?}

1. encouragement

Verb

鼓(こ)吹(すい)する • (kosui suru) ^{←こすい (kosui)?}suru (stem 鼓(こ)吹(すい)し (kosui shi), past 鼓(こ)吹(すい)した (kosui shita))

1. to encourage

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鼓吹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	鼓吹し	こすいし	kosui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	鼓吹し	こすいし	kosui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	鼓吹する	こすいする	kosui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	鼓吹する	こすいする	kosui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	鼓吹すれ	こすいすれ	kosui sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	鼓吹せよ¹ 鼓吹しろ²	こすいせよ¹ こすいしろ²	kosui seyo¹ kosui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	鼓吹される	こすいされる	kosui sareru
Causative	鼓吹させる 鼓吹さす	こすいさせる こすいさす	kosui saseru kosui sasu
Potential	鼓吹できる	こすいできる	kosui dekiru
Volitional	鼓吹しよう	こすいしよう	kosui shiyō
Negative	鼓吹しない	こすいしない	kosui shinai
Negative continuative	鼓吹せず	こすいせず	kosui sezu
Formal	鼓吹します	こすいします	kosui shimasu
Perfective	鼓吹した	こすいした	kosui shita
Conjunctive	鼓吹して	こすいして	kosui shite
Hypothetical conditional	鼓吹すれば	こすいすれば	kosui sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鼓	吹

Verb

鼓吹

1. chữ Hán form of cổ xúy (“encourage”).