車大炮

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	cannon; mounted gun; braggart cannon; mounted gun; braggart; boaster
trad. (車大炮/車大砲)		車	大炮/大砲
simp. (车大炮)		车	大炮
alternative forms		車大奅／车大奅

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ce¹ daai⁶ paau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cie^1-2 ai⁵ pau¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ca¹ tai⁴ pau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cia¹ dua⁷ pao³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ daai⁶ paau³
    • Yale: chē daaih paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ daai⁶ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ dai⁶ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² pʰaːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cie^1-2 ai⁵ pau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ³³⁻⁵⁵ ai³² pʰau³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ca¹ tai⁴ pau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cia¹ dua⁷ pao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshia tuā phàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia³³⁻²³ tua¹¹ pʰau²¹³/

Verb

車⫽大炮 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) to brag; to boast
2. (dialectal Cantonese) to tell a lie

Synonyms

• (to brag):

• 吹 (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 (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (Min Nan)
• 嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (Teochew)
• 放空 (Min Nan)
• 放臭屁 (Min Nan)
• 放風球／放风球 (Min Nan)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (Min Nan)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (Min Nan)
• 膨風／膨风 (Min Nan)
• 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 (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (Min Nan)
• 風龜／风龟 (Min Nan)
• 鼓吹

 

Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡
Mandarin	Taiwan	吹大炮
	Harbin	吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
	Yantai (Muping)	吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
	Luoyang	吹牛屄
	Wanrong	吹牛, 吹
	Xi'an	吹牛屄, 吹牛
	Yinchuan	吹牛屄
	Xining	斬大話
	Guiyang	衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼
	Xuzhou	吹牛屄
	Yangzhou	吹牛
	Nanjing	吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹
	Singapore	吹牛, 說大話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
	Hong Kong	車大炮, 吹, 吹水
	Taishan	吹牛, 車大炮
	Dongguan	放葫蘆
Gan	Nanchang	吹牛屄
	Lichuan	吹膨兒
	Pingxiang	吹蒙子
Hakka	Meixian	車大炮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血
Huizhou	Jixi	吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹
Jin	Taiyuan	吹牛屄
	Xinzhou	吹達, 吹牛屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	誇喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Quanzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Zhangzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝
	Taipei	歕雞胿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歕雞胿
	Kaohsiung	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Yilan	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭彈
	Taichung	歕雞胿, 烏白講
	Tainan	臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
	Hsinchu	歕雞胿, 膨風
	Kinmen	歕雞胿
	Penghu (Magong)	歕雞胿
	Penang (Hokkien)	好臉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好臉
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝仙, 放風
	Shantou	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
	Singapore (Teochew)	好臉
Wu	Shanghai	吹牛屄, 吹牛三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吹牛屄
	Suzhou	吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
	Danyang	吹牛屄
	Hangzhou	吹牛屄
	Ningbo	吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話
Xiang	Loudi	吹牛皮
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 說謊 (“to tell a lie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誑言, 誑語, 佯言
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說謊, 扯謊, 誑言
Mandarin	Beijing	說謊, 撂皮
	Taiwan	說謊, 撒謊
	Harbin	撒謊
	Yantai (Muping)	撒謊
	Luoyang	說謊
	Wanrong	說謊
	Yinchuan	扯謊撂屁
	Lanzhou	喧謊
	Jimsar	說白話
	Wuhan	掣謊, 掉謊
	Chengdu	扯白, 扯謊捏白, 扯把子, 駕雲, 日白, 捏白, 日白捏謊
	Kunming	扯白撂野
	Guilin	扯謊
	Guanyang	扯大炮
	Lipu	擺溜子
	Nanjing	謅謊
	Singapore	講騙話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話
	Hong Kong	講大話
	Taishan	講大話
	Dongguan	放葫蘆, 講大話
	Beihai	車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	講大話, 車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	車大炮, 騙人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	講大話, 車大炮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講大話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	講大話
	Móng Cái	講大話, 車大炮
Gan	Nanchang	打白話
Hakka	Meixian	花舌, 講大話, 打白話, 扯謊, 屙痢肚, 屙痢洩肚, 屙膿刮痢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講花蓼, 講花舌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講花舌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話假事
	Songxi	獵謊
	Zhenghe	假講
	Jianyang	話假事
	Wuyishan	話假事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話假事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野講
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 講白賊, 花喙
	Quanzhou	白賊, 花婆喙
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 講白賊, 亂嘫, 哺下頷, 落下頷
	Pinghe	講白賊, 講無影話
	Zhao'an	講無影話
	Dongshan	反輪
	Taipei	白賊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白賊
	Kaohsiung	白賊, 講白賊
	Yilan	白賊, 嘐潲話 vulgar
	Changhua (Lukang)	白賊
	Taichung	講白賊, 嘐潲 vulgar
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講嘐潲 vulgar
	Tainan	白賊, 講白賊
	Taitung	講白賊
	Hsinchu	白賊, 講嘐潲 vulgar
	Kinmen	白賊, 嘐六
	Penghu (Magong)	白賊, 講白賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	講騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講騙話, 白賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	講白賊
	Shantou	呾大話, 呾無影跡話, 花喙
	Jieyang	花嬲
Central Min	Yong'an	說謊
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	講大話
Wu	Hangzhou	騙造話
	Wenzhou	譀, 講譀話, 譀裡譀搭
Xiang	Changsha	捏白, 辵白, 扯白, 扯謊