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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuādà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ
  - 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

to exaggerate; to overstate; to hyperbolise

Synonyms

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)

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