誇張

See also: 夸张

Chinese

to boast (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (誇張)
simp. (夸张)

Pronunciation


Verb

誇張

  1. to exaggerate; to overstate
    用不著這麼誇張 [MSC, trad.]
    用不着这么夸张 [MSC, simp.]
    Yòngbùzháo zhème kuāzhāng ba! [Pinyin]
    There's no need to exaggerate it so!

Synonyms

Adjective

誇張

  1. exaggerated; overstated; over-the-top
    那麼誇張 / 那么夸张   Méi nàme kuāzhāng ba.   It can't be that over-the-top surely.
    使使誇張 [Cantonese, trad.]
    使使夸张 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Sai2 m4 sai2 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Surely you are exaggerating things!

Noun

誇張

  1. (rhetoric) exaggeration; hyperbole

Derived terms

  • 誇張其辭夸张其辞
  • 誇張法夸张法

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ちょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

誇張 (hiragana こちょう, rōmaji kochō)

  1. exaggeration

Antonyms

Verb

誇張する (transitive, hiragana こちょうする, rōmaji kochō suru)

  1. to exaggerate

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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