"Failed" in Chinese — 吹了 (chuī le)

吹

了

chuī le

failed

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

1failed; busted; to have not succeeded
2to have died
3to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

Stroke order

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吹

了

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄟ

chuī

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

˙ㄌㄜ

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄜ/ e

Example sentences

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他们俩的婚事最后吹了。
tā men liǎ de hūn shì zuì hòu chuī le。
Their marriage plans ultimately fell through.

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Related words

了

(completed action marker)

吹

chuī

to blow

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

极了

jí le

extremely

得了

dé le

all right!

完了

wán le

to be finished

罢了

bà le

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

算了

suàn le

let it be

吹牛

chuī niú

to talk big

吹捧

chuī pěng

to flatter

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Failed in Chinese: 吹了 (chuī le)