See also: 夸张

Chinese

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to boast (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (誇張/夸張) /
simp. (夸张)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (29) (9)
Final () (99) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter khwae trjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠua/ /ʈɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚa/ /ʈiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰua/ /ȶiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwaɨ/ /ʈɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kʰua/ /ȶiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/kʰwa/ /ȶĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰwa/ /ȶi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuā zhāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faa1 zoeng1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuā zhāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwae › ‹ trjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kʷʰ]ˁra/ /*C.traŋ/
English boast draw a bow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 15652 1259
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraː/ /*taŋ/

Verb

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誇張

  1. to exaggerate; to overstate

Synonyms

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Adjective

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誇張

  1. exaggerated; overstated; over-the-top
    那麼誇張那么夸张  ―  Méi nàme kuāzhāng ba.  ―  It can't be that over-the-top surely.
    使使誇張 [Cantonese, trad.]
    使使夸张 [Cantonese, simp.]
    sai2 m4 sai2 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Surely you are exaggerating things!
    有冇誇張 [Cantonese, trad.]
    有冇夸张 [Cantonese, simp.]
    jau5 mou5 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1! [Jyutping]
    Surely that's a bit too much?

Noun

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誇張

  1. (rhetoric) exaggeration; hyperbole

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ちょう
Grade: 5
kan'yōon on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ちょう) (kochōこちやう (kotyau)?

  1. exaggeration

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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()(ちょう)する (kochō suruこちやう (kotyau)?transitive suru (stem ()(ちょう) (kochō shi), past ()(ちょう)した (kochō shita))

  1. to exaggerate

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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誇張 (gwajang) (hangeul 과장)

  1. hanja form? of 과장 (exaggeration)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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誇張

  1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (exaggeration; overstatement).

Verb

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誇張

  1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (to boast; to brag; to exaggerate; to overstate).

Adjective

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誇張

  1. chữ Hán form of khoa trương (exaggerated; overstated).
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