chuī = chu + ei1
to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
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How to pronounce 吹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= chu initial

Chu is for Chantal Chicken.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

吹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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qiàn = qi + an4
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
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Characters with 吹 as component

吹 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 吹

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to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)

Sentences with 吹

lái
 
 
gǎn
kuài
chuī
huǒ

Want to remember 吹 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

chuī

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

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