吹 (chuī)
to blow/to blow dry
How 吹 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 吹
- Simplified
- 吹 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 欠 yawn
Common words using 吹
- 吹乾 chuīgān
- to blow-dry
- 吹冷風 chuīlěngfēng
- to blow cold; damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words
- 吹噓 chuīxū
- to brag
- 吹捧 chuīpěng
- to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
- 吹散 chuīsàn
- to disperse
- 吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī
- lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick
- 吹牛 chuīniú
- to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
- 吹風機 chuīfēngjī
- hair dryer
- 電吹風 diànchuīfēng
- hair dryer
- 勁吹 jìngchuī
- (the wind) blows violently
- 吹口哨 chuīkǒushào
- whistle
- 吹哨 chuīshào
- to blow a whistle; to whistle
吹 in a sentence
洗完澡後，記得把頭髮吹乾。
Xǐwán zǎo hòu, jìdé bǎ tóufǎ chuīgān.
“After taking a shower, remember to blow dry your hair.”
How common is 吹?
吹 is the 1,388th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.7% of all running text.
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