吹

chuī

blow; puff; brag, boast

How to write 吹, stroke by stroke

to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 欠

Made of 口 + 欠

吹牛chuī niúto talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
吹口哨chuī kǒu shàoto whistle
吹嘘chuī xūto brag
吹喇叭chuī lǎ ba(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob
鼓吹gǔ chuīto agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹气chuī qìto blow air (into)
吹奏chuī zòuto play (wind instruments)
吹风chuī fēngto let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair); (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
吹拂chuī fúto brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise
吹捧chuī pěngto flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
吹风机chuī fēng jīhair dryer
吹灭chuī mièto blow out (a flame)

我厌倦了听他吹嘘。
wǒ yàn juàn le tīng tā chuī xū 。
I'm tired of listening to his boasts.
他边走边吹口哨。
tā biān zǒu biān chuī kǒu shào 。
He whistled as he walked.
他喜欢吹牛。
tā xǐ huan chuī niú 。
He likes to throw the bull.
她不费吹灰之力就把问题解决了。
tā bú fèi chuī huī zhī lì jiù bǎ wèn tí jiě jué le 。
She solved the problem with ease.
树被风吹倒了。
shù bèi fēng chuī dǎo le 。
The tree was blown down.