鼓吹

Chinese

convex; drum; to rouse
convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
 
to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
simp. and trad.
(鼓吹)
Literally: “drumming and blowing”.

Pronunciation 1


Verb

鼓吹

  1. to promote enthusiastically; to preach
  2. to brag
Synonyms
  • (to promote):
  • (to brag):
See also

Pronunciation 2


Noun

鼓吹

  1. a loud wind and percussion ensemble in traditional Chinese music, usually featuring suona, drums, gongs and cymbals
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) suona (a type of woodwind instrument)
  3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trumpet; horn (wind instrument)
  4. (literary) music
Synonyms
  • (suona):
Derived terms

Pronunciation 3


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou3 cuei1 [Phonetic: gou5 cuei1]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô-choi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuei⁵³³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: gou3 cuei1 [Phonetic: gou5 cuei1]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu³³²⁻²¹ t͡sʰuei⁵⁴⁴/

Verb

鼓吹

  1. (Puxian Min) to speak ill of someone behind their back

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “鼓吹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 236.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(すい) • (kosuiこすい (kosui)?

  1. encouragement

Verb

()(すい)する • (kosui suruこすい (kosui)?suru (stem ()(すい) (kosui shi), past ()(すい)した (kosui shita))

  1. to encourage

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鼓吹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鼓吹し こすいし kosui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鼓吹し こすいし kosui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鼓吹する こすいする kosui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鼓吹する こすいする kosui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鼓吹すれ こすいすれ kosui sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 鼓吹せよ¹
鼓吹しろ²
こすいせよ¹
こすいしろ²
kosui seyo¹
kosui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 鼓吹される こすいされる kosui sareru
Causative 鼓吹させる
鼓吹さす
こすいさせる
こすいさす
kosui saseru
kosui sasu
Potential 鼓吹できる こすいできる kosui dekiru
Volitional 鼓吹しよう こすいしよう kosui shiyō
Negative 鼓吹しない こすいしない kosui shinai
Negative continuative 鼓吹せず こすいせず kosui sezu
Formal 鼓吹します こすいします kosui shimasu
Perfective 鼓吹した こすいした kosui shita
Conjunctive 鼓吹して こすいして kosui shite
Hypothetical conditional 鼓吹すれば こすいすれば kosui sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鼓吹 • (gochwi) (hangeul 고취)

  1. hanja form? of 고취 (advocacy)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

鼓吹

  1. chữ Hán form of cổ xúy (encourage)