吹吹拍拍

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

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuīchuīpāipāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄆㄞ ㄆㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueichueipaipai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueichueipaipai
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯˥ ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯˥ pʰaɪ̯˥ pʰaɪ̯˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ ceoi¹ paak³ paak³
    • Yale: chēui chēui paak paak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ tsoey¹ paak⁸ paak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ cêu¹ pag³ pag³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯˥ t͡ʃʰɵy̯˥ pʰäːk˧ pʰäːk˧/

Idiom

吹吹拍拍

1. boasting and flattering

   • 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》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language 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.