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浮夸
fúkuā
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English Definitionto exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose
Simplified Script浮夸
Traditional Script浮誇
Pinyinfúkuā
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄈㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fau4kwaa1
Word Decomposition
浮fúto float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
夸kuāto boast; to exaggerate; to praise

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Words With Same Head Word    
浮动fúdòngto float and drift; unstable
浮云fúyúnfloating clouds; fleeting; transient
浮现fúxiànto appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..)
浮躁fúzàofickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
浮肿fúzhǒngswollen; bloated; edema; dropsy
Words With Same Tail Word    
自夸zìkuāto boast
虚夸xūkuāto boast; to brag; boastful; exaggerative; pompous; bombastic
有宝何必人前
夸		yǒubǎo hébì rén qián kuāThere is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
王婆卖瓜，自
卖自夸		wáng pó mài guā ,
zì mài zìkuā		every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
老王卖瓜，自
卖自夸		lǎowáng mài guā ,
zì mài zìkuā		every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
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