虚夸

虛誇

xūkuā

adjective #55,352

Meanings

1 boastful
2 bombastic
3 to brag
4 exaggerative

Characters

empty; hollow; false

to boast; to praise

Examples

他说话很虚夸，没几句是真的。

Tā shuōhuà hěn xūkuā, méi jǐ jù shì zhēn de.

He talks bombastically — not many of his words are true.

广告里那些虚夸的承诺别太当真。

Guǎnggào lǐ nàxiē xūkuā de chéngnuò bié tài dàngzhēn.

Don't take those exaggerative promises in ads too seriously.

Tips

memory

虚 (xū) = empty/hollow + 夸 (kuā) = boast → 'hollow boasting'. The character logic carries the sense exactly: praise with no substance behind it.

Stroke Order

虚 xū

夸 kuā