吹牛

吹牛 chuīniú in a sentence

Boast

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

吹牛 (chuīniú) means Boast. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他就爱 吹牛 ,说的话别全信。

Tā jiù ài chuī niú, shuō de huà bié quán xìn.

He loves to boast; don't believe everything he says.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吹牛

这可不是 吹牛 ,我真的做到了。

Zhè kě bú shì chuī niú, wǒ zhēn de zuòdào le.

This is no boast — I really did it.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吹牛

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How is 吹牛 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 吹牛 (chuīniú, "Boast"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 吹牛 an HSK word?

Yes — 吹牛 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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