誇大

Chinese

		to boast	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (誇大)		誇	大
simp. (夸大)		夸	大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuādà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ daai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuādà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuadà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-ta⁴
  - Yale: kwā-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuadah
  - Palladius: куада (kuada)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwaa¹ daai⁶
  - Yale: kwā daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tāi / khoa-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: khua-tāi / khua-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'dai, qoa'doa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tai⁴¹/, /kʰua³³ tua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/, /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ tua³³/

Verb

誇大

to exaggerate; to overstate; to hyperbolise

Synonyms

擺攤兒／摆摊儿 (bǎi tānr) (figurative)
擺攤子／摆摊子 (bǎi tānzi) (figurative)
渲染 (xuànrǎn) (figurative)
虛張／虚张 (xūzhāng) (literary)
誇張／夸张 (kuāzhāng)
鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)

Derived terms

誇大不實／夸大不实
誇大其詞／夸大其词 (kuādàqící)
誇大其辭／夸大其辞 (kuādàqící)
誇大狂／夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇	大
こ Grade: S	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こだい [kòdáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ko̞da̠i]

Adjective

誇(こ)大(だい) • (kodai) -na (adnominal 誇(こ)大(だい)な (kodai na), adverbial 誇(こ)大(だい)に (kodai ni))

exaggeration

Derived terms

誇大妄想(こだいもうそう) (kodaimōsō): megalomania
誇大宣伝(こだいせんでん) (kodaisenden): exaggerated advertisement
誇大広告(こだいこうこく) (kodaikōkoku): deceptive advertising

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