HSK 5 · Verbs

吹 chuī “to blow” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吹 means

  1. to blow
  2. to play a wind instrument
  3. to blast
  4. to puff
  5. to boast
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to brag

How to say 吹

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale吹chuī1st tone, high and level

吹 in a sentence

  1. 她的帽子被风吹掉了。

    Tā de màozi bèi fēng chuī diào le.

    Her hat was blown off by the wind.

    Sentence #10258113 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你会不会吹口琴？

    Nǐ huì bú huì chuī kǒuqín?

    Can you play the harmonica?

    Sentence #14061592 from Tatoeba

  3. 他吹灭了蜡烛。

    Tā chuīmiè le làzhú.

    He blew out the candle.

    Sentence #1335401 from Tatoeba

How 吹 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.

How to write 吹

吹 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 吹

Words with 吹

吹牛chuīniú · to boast吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter

More words: Common Verbs

处理chǔlǐ · to handle传播chuánbō · to disseminate闯chuǎng · to rush创造chuàngzào · to create刺激cìjī · to stimulate促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)促使cùshǐ · to induce催cuī · to urge

FAQs

吹 (chuī) means “to blow” or “to play a wind instrument”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuī: chuī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吹 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吹 from the suggestions. Typing chui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吹 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.