誇大

誇大

Chinese

		to boast	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (誇大)		誇	大
simp. (夸大)		夸	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuādà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ daai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuādà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuadah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuadà
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰwä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ daai⁶
    • Yale: kwā daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ dai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰäː⁵⁵ täːi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tāi / khua-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dai, qoa'doa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² taɪ²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ taɪ⁴¹/, /kʰua³³ tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² taɪ²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ taɪ³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ taɪ³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/

Verb

誇大

1. to exaggerate; to overstate; to hyperbolise

Synonyms

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渲染 (xuànrǎn) 誇張／夸张 (kuāzhāng)

鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)

Derived terms

誇大不實／夸大不实 誇大其辭／夸大其辞

誇大狂／夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng)