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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chuī - to blow
- to play a wind instrument
- to blast
- to puff
- to boast
- to brag
- to end in failure
- to fall through

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 2 1,493 2,269 1,189

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 2 1,493 2,269 1,189
吹牛 6 7 7,315 20,128 10,249
吹嘘 - - 9,915 24,658 20,745
吹风机 - - 17,712 37,393 16,717
鼓吹 - - 18,502 15,100 24,331
吹毛求疵 - - 19,156 50,505 26,760
自吹自擂 - - 22,988 67,861 48,246
吹牛皮 - - 23,022 72,493 40,543
吹捧 6 9 23,512 28,563 20,350
风吹草动 - - 24,989 33,225 31,559
告吹 - - 27,694 57,136 49,163
吹奏 - - 29,141 45,432 56,456
吹拂 - - 29,911 41,825 39,563
电吹风 - - 36,678 46,310 21,060
吹号 - - 41,918 - -
胡吹 - - 44,265 84,918 63,277
吹管 - - 47,931 100,488 112,257
鼓吹者 - - 49,195 92,111 121,557
风吹雨打 - - 52,529 48,606 29,627
吹胡子瞪眼 - - 62,174 102,584 93,751