khoa trương
Pronunciation
Northern
/xwaː˧˧ ʨɨəŋ˧˧/
Central
/kʰwaː˧˥ tʂɨəŋ˧˥/
Southern
/kʰwaː˧˧ tʂɨəŋ˧˧/
boast
4 senses
2 Components
Verb
boast
Details
4 senses
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Details
4 senses
Verb
Sense 1
Verb
boast
Properties & States
To speak with excessive pride about one's own achievements or abilities to impress others.
vi Đừng quá khoa trương về thành công của mình.
en Do not boast too much about your success.
Sense 2
Verb
exaggerate
To describe something as being larger, better, or worse than it actually is in reality.
vi Anh ấy thường khoa trương các khó khăn gặp phải.
en He often exaggerates the difficulties encountered.
Adjective
Sense 3
Adjective
exaggerated
Describing something represented as being more significant or extreme than is truly the case.
vi Cách trình bày của anh ta rất khoa trương.
en His presentation is very exaggerated.
Noun
Sense 4
Noun
exaggeration
A statement that makes something seem better or worse than it really is, often for emphasis.
vi Sự khoa trương của cô ấy khiến mọi người khó chịu.
en Her exaggeration makes everyone uncomfortable.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
誇張
Candidates by syllable
khoa
科
trương
張
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.