Usage of the character 夸

used in transliteration

kuā

夸

[誇]

to boast; to exaggerate
to praise

kuākǒu

夸口

[誇口]

to boast

kuāyào

夸耀

[誇耀]

to brag about
to flaunt

fúkuā

浮夸

[浮誇]

to exaggerate
to be boastful
pompous
grandiose

kuāchēng

夸称

[誇稱]

to praise
to acclaim
to commend
to compliment

xūkuā

虚夸

[虛誇]

to boast
to brag
boastful
exaggerative
pompous
bombastic

kuāzhāng

夸张

[誇張]

to exaggerate
overstated; exaggerated
hyperbole
(coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous

zìkuā

自夸

[自誇]

to boast

kuākè

夸克

[夸克]

(particle physics) (loanword) quark

kuāzàn

夸赞

[誇贊]

to praise
to speak highly of
to commend

kuājiǎng

夸奖

[誇獎]

to praise
to applaud
to compliment

kuādà

夸大

[誇大]

to exaggerate

shàngkuākè

上夸克

[上夸克]

up quark (particle physics)

cànkuākè

粲夸克

[粲夸克]

charm quark (particle physics)

kuāhǎikǒu

夸海口

[誇海口]

to boast
to talk big

dǐkuākè

底夸克

[底夸克]

bottom quark (particle physics)

dǐngkuākè

顶夸克

[頂夸克]

top quark (particle physics)

xiàkuākè

下夸克

[下夸克]

down quark (particle physics)

kuākuā-qítán

夸夸其谈

[誇誇其談]

to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air

kuākuā-qítán

夸夸其谈

[夸夸其談]

variant of 誇誇其談／夸夸其谈 (kuākuā-qitān)

kuādàzhīcí

夸大之词

[誇大之詞]

hyperbole
exaggeration

Jípǔsīkuā

吉普斯夸

[吉普斯夸]

Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain

qíyìkuākè

奇异夸克

[奇異夸克]

strange quark (particle physics)

kuāduōdòumǐ

夸多斗靡

[誇多鬥靡]

(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition

kuāxiahǎikǒu

夸下海口

[誇下海口]

see 誇海口／夸海口 (kuāhǎikǒu)

kuādàqící

夸大其词

[誇大其詞]

to exaggerate

kuāxiūkě'ěrzhèng

夸休可尔症

[誇休可爾症]

kwashiorkor (medicine)

wángpómàiguā,zìmàizìkuā

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

[王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇]

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans

Lǎo Wángmàiguā,zìmàizìkuā

老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

[老王賣瓜，自賣自誇]

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans