吹 (chuī) means Blow (boast - failed). Below are 14 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
他给女儿 吹 了生日蜡烛。
Tā gěi nǚ'ér chuī le shēngrì làzhú.
He blew out the birthday candles for his daughter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吹
裁判 吹 了一声哨。
Cáipàn chuī le yì shēng shào.
The referee blew his whistle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哨
一阵冷风迎面 吹 来。
Yí zhèn lěng fēng yíng miàn chuī lái.
A gust of cold wind blew straight at us.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迎面
风一 吹 ，叶子就掉了。
Fēng yì chuī, yèzi jiù diào le.
As soon as the wind blows, the leaves fall.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 叶子
风一 吹 ，花瓣落了一地。
Fēng yì chuī, huābàn luò le yí dì.
One gust of wind and petals covered the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 花瓣
互相 吹 捧对谁都没有好处。
Hùxiāng chuīpěng duì shéi dōu méiyǒu hǎochù.
Flattering each other does nobody any good.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吹捧
那棵树被风 吹 得有些倾斜。
Nà kē shù bèi fēng chuī de yǒuxiē qīngxié.
That tree has been blown somewhat askew by the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倾斜
裁判 吹 响了比赛结束的哨声。
Cáipàn chuīxiǎng le bǐsài jiéshù de shàoshēng.
The referee blew the whistle to end the match.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁判
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
风一 吹 ，麦田像波浪一样起伏。
Fēng yì chuī, màitián xiàng bōlàng yíyàng qǐfú.
When the wind blew, the wheat field rose and fell like waves.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 波浪
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
他被人 吹 捧了几句就飘飘然了。
Tā bèi rén chuīpěng le jǐ jù jiù piāopiāorán le.
A few words of flattery went straight to his head.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吹捧
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From the grammar library
窗户被风 吹 开了。
Chuānghu bèi fēng chuīkāi le.
The window was blown open by the wind.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 被 passive
Words that contain 吹
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 吹
How is 吹 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 吹 (chuī, "Blow (boast - failed)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 吹 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 吹 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 吹 an HSK word?
Yes — 吹 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 吹?
The dictionary page for 吹 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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