鼓吹

鼓吹

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
simp. and trad. (鼓吹)		鼓	吹
Literally: “drumming and blowing”.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔchuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² ceoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-chhôi
• Min Nan (POJ): kó͘-chhui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔchuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² ceoi¹
    • Yale: gú chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² cêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-chhôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu` coi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ coi¹
    • IPA: /ku³¹ t͡sʰoi̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhui
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

鼓吹

1. to promote enthusiastically; to preach
2. to brag

See also

• 倡導／倡导 (chàngdǎo)
• 提倡 (tíchàng)
• 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔchuī, gǔchuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² ceoi³, gu² ceoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kó͘-chhe / kó͘-chher / kó͘-chhoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔchuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔchuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchuey
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² ceoi³, gu² ceoi¹
    • Yale: gú cheui, gú chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tsoey³, gu² tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² cêu³, gu² cêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯³³/, /kuː³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chher
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰə³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kɔ⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰə⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/

Noun

鼓吹

1. a loud wind and percussion ensemble in traditional Chinese music, usually featuring suona, drums, gongs and cymbals
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) suona (a type of woodwind instrument)
3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou Min Nan) trumpet; horn (wind instrument)
4. (literary) music

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嗩吶 (“suona (musical instrument)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嗩吶
Mandarin	Beijing	嗩吶
	Taiwan	嗩吶
	Xi'an	嗩吶
	Chengdu	哩哩吶
	Guiyang	嗩吶
	Liuzhou	咪嗎, 嗩吶
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嗩吶子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲咑, 哬哚
	Hong Kong	啲咑
	Dongguan	啲咑
Gan	Lichuan	吹打, 嗩吶
	Pingxiang	喇叭
Hakka	Yudu	喇叭
	Shicheng	哈噠
	Shangyou	吹打
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笛仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	笛仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	笛, 啲咑
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	笛仔, 笛
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	嗒嘀
Huizhou	Jixi	大親
Jin	Xinzhou	三號
Min Bei	Jian'ou	啲嗒仔 soprano, 喇叭 alto or bass
Min Dong	Fuzhou	𫪦咑
Min Nan	Xiamen	噯仔
	Quanzhou	噯仔
	Zhangzhou	嗒知嘟
	Taipei	鼓吹
	Kaohsiung	鼓吹
	Tainan	鼓吹
	Taichung	鼓吹
	Hsinchu	鼓吹
	Lukang	鼓吹
	Sanxia	鼓吹
	Yilan	鼓吹
	Kinmen	鼓吹
	Magong	鼓吹
	Chaozhou	啲咑
	Shantou	啲咑
Pinghua	Nanning	哬哚

Derived terms

鼓吹樂／鼓吹乐 (gǔchuīyuè)