"blow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn
chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through syn
闷雷 悶雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn
guā to blow (of the wind) syn
sōu to blow (as of wind) / sound of wind / sough
xǐng to blow (one's nose) syn
chuì to blow (a flute) / archaic version of 吹
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
爆炸 bào zhà explosion / to explode / to blow up / to detonate syn
绝杀 絕殺 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point
痛击 痛擊 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
鼓气 鼓氣 gǔ qì to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow syn
金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) syn
爆破 bào pò to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast syn
毒手 dú shǒu deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault syn
不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn
穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
炸毁 炸燬 zhà huǐ to blow up / to destroy with explosives syn
吐气 吐氣 tǔ qì to exhale / to blow off steam / (phonetics) aspirated
吹气 吹氣 chuī qì to blow air (into)
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
吹干 吹乾 chuī gān to blow-dry
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn
飞吻 飛吻 fēi wěn to blow a kiss
吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick syn
自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi to blow one's own trumpet (idiom) syn
吹熄 chuī xī to blow out (a flame)
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn
一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn
刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away
跌打损伤 跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
吭哧 kēng chi to puff and blow / to whimper syn
吹袭 吹襲 chuī xí (of wind) to blow fiercely / (of a storm) to strike
吹哨 chuī shào to blow a whistle / to whistle
吹冷风 吹冷風 chuī lěng fēng to blow cold / damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words syn
吹号 吹號 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument
zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn
hàn to ward off (a blow) / to withstand / to defend syn
吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吹糠见米 吹糠見米 chuī kāng jiàn mǐ instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice syn
刺中 cì zhòng to hit with a piercing blow
不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān - yī jī (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn
喘吁吁 chuǎn xū xū to puff and blow
pēn to spurt / to blow out / to puff out / to snort
(literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy
劲吹 勁吹 jìng chuī (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust
严厉打击 嚴厲打擊 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
抓狂 zhuā kuáng to blow one's top / to be driven mad / to become frantic
擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose
气炸 氣炸 qì zhà to burst with rage / to blow one's top
洗剪吹 xǐ jiǎn chuī shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
吹孔 chuī kǒng (of a musical instrument) blow hole
脑袋开花 腦袋開花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out
吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
吹胀 吹脹 chuī zhàng to blow up / to inflate
炸垮 zhà kuǎ to blow up (demolish with an explosion)
自我吹嘘 自我吹噓 zì wǒ chuī xū to blow one's own horn (idiom)
自矜 zì jīn to boast / to blow one's own horn
开脑洞 開腦洞 kāi nǎo dòng to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
一棍子打死 yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ to deal a single fatal blow / (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error syn
击晕 擊暈 jī yūn to stun / to render unconscious (with a blow)
格挡 格擋 gé dǎng to parry / to fend off / to block (a blow)
吹灭 吹滅 chuī miè to blow out (a flame)
炸膛 zhà táng (of a gun) to explode / to blow up
闹大 鬧大 nào dà (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth) / to make a big deal of / (of an adverse situation) to get ugly / to blow up / to escalate
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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