吹拂

Chinese

		to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure	brush away
simp. and trad. (吹拂)		吹	拂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuīfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ fat¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cuê¹ hug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuīfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chueifú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹-fu²
    • Yale: chwēi-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chueifwu
    • Palladius: чуйфу (čujfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ fat¹
    • Yale: chēui fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cuê¹ hug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshue huk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰue³³⁻²³ huk̚²/

Verb

吹拂

1. (of wind, a breeze, etc.) to blow on; to blow against; to sweep through
2. to commend someone else's good qualities

Synonyms

• (to blow on): 拂拭 (fúshì), 掠過／掠过 (lüèguò)