誇〔夸〕 kwaa¹ {kuā}

1. to boast
2. to exaggerate
3. to praise

誇稱〔夸称〕 kwaa¹ cing¹ {kuā chēng}

1. to praise
2. to acclaim
3. to commend
4. to compliment

誇大〔夸-〕 kwaa¹ daai⁶ {kuā dà}

to exaggerate

誇口〔夸-〕 kwaa¹ hau² {kuā kǒu}

to boast

誇耀〔夸-〕 kwaa¹ jiu⁶ {kuā yào}

1. to brag about
2. to flaunt

誇贊〔夸赞〕 kwaa¹ zaan³ {kuā zàn}

1. to praise
2. to speak highly of
3. to commend

誇張〔夸张〕 kwaa¹ zoeng¹ {kuā zhāng}

1. to exaggerate
2. overstated
3. exaggerated
4. hyperbole
5. (coll.) excessive
6. extreme
7. ridiculous

誇獎〔夸奖〕 kwaa¹ zoeng² {kuā jiǎng}

1. to praise
2. to applaud
3. to compliment

誇海口〔夸--〕 kwaa¹ hoi² hau² {kuā hǎi kǒu}

1. to boast
2. to talk big

誇大其詞〔夸--词〕 kwaa¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ ci⁴ {kuā dà qí cí}

to exaggerate

誇大之詞〔夸--词〕 kwaa¹ daai⁶ zi¹ ci⁴ {kuā dà zhī cí}

1. hyperbole
2. exaggeration

誇多鬥靡〔夸-斗-〕 kwaa¹ do¹ dau³ mei⁵ {kuā duō dòu mǐ}

to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)

誇誇其談〔夸夸-谈〕 kwaa¹ kwaa¹ kei⁴ taam⁴ {kuā kuā qí tán}

1. to talk big
2. to sound off
3. bombastic
4. grandiloquent

誇休可爾症〔夸--尔-〕 kwaa¹ jau¹ ho² ji⁵ zing³ {kuā xiū kě ěr zhèng}

kwashiorkor (medicine)