HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

吹牛

chuīniú

to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 吹牛 in English

chuīniúHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6037
  1. to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth
  2. (dialect) to chat idly

Example sentences

  1. 我不想吹牛。
    wǒ bù xiǎng chuī niú。
    I don't mean to brag.
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Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

吹 on its own →
chuī · to blow

HSK words with 吹

吹HSK 4吹捧HSK 7–9风吹雨打HSK 7–9

HSK words with 牛

牛奶HSK 1牛HSK 3牛仔裤HSK 5对牛弹琴HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences