誇大

Chinese

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