HSK 6 · Verbs

吹捧 chuīpěng “to flatter” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吹捧 means

  1. to flatter
  2. to praise excessively
  3. to laud sb’s accomplishments
  4. adulation

How to say 吹捧

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale吹chuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捧pěng3rd tone, dipping

吹捧 in a sentence

  1. 他不喜欢别人吹捧他。

    Tā bù xǐhuan biéren chuīpěng tā.

    He doesn’t like people flattering him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书被吹捧得太过了。

    Zhè běn shū bèi chuīpěng de tài guò le.

    This book has been overhyped.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 吹捧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 吹 (chuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
吹chuīto blow
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 欠yawn · qiànSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 欠 (qiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuī.

The character 捧 (pěng) with each of its parts in a different colour
捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 奉to offer · fèng

How to write 吹捧

吹 7 strokes · 捧 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

吹捧 (chuīpěng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 吹捧 (chuīpěng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 吹捧

Words with 吹

吹chuī · to blow吹牛chuīniú · to boast

Words with 捧

捧pěng · to hold with both hands

More words: Thinking & Talking

沉思chénsī · to ponder迟疑chíyí · to hesitate传达chuándá · to convey吹牛chuīniú · to boast出神chūshén · to be lost in thought磋商cuōshāng · to consult答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly

FAQs

吹捧 (chuīpěng) means “to flatter” or “to praise excessively”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuīpěng: chuī with a 1st tone, then pěng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吹捧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuipeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吹捧 from the suggestions. Typing chuipeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吹捧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.