誇張 [夸张]

Jyutping kwaa1 zoeng1
Pinyin kuā zhāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to exaggerate
  2. overstated
  3. exaggerated
  4. hyperbole
  5. (coll.) excessive
  6. ridiculous
  7. outrageous
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​表現​出​嚟​嘅​程度​或者​幅度​超出​事實​或者​常理
    exaggerated; overstating; hyperbolic
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to exaggerate; to overstate
    (syn.) 擺攤子, 誇大, 虛張, 摆摊儿, 夸大, 虚张, 鋪張, 摆摊子, 铺张, 渲染, 擺攤兒
  2. adj
    exaggerated; overstated; over-the-top
    • 沒那麼誇張吧。
      没那么夸张吧。
      méi nà me kuā zhāng ba ．
      It can't be that over-the-top surely.
    • 使唔使咁夸张呀？
      使唔使咁夸张呀？
      sai2 m4 sai2 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1 aa3?
      Surely you are exaggerating things!
    • 有冇咁誇張！
      有冇咁夸张！
      jau5 mou5 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1!
      Surely that's a bit too much?
  3. noun, rhetoric
    exaggeration; hyperbole
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2458
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我也觉得说成「人间地狱」是夸张了点。
    我也覺得說成「人間地獄」是誇張了點。
    wǒ yě jué de shuō chéng 「 rén jiān dì yù 」 shì kuā zhāng le diǎn 。
    • I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.
  2. Mandarin
    在我看来，她有一种夸张的倾向。
    在我看來，她有一種誇張的傾向。
    zài wǒ kàn lái ， tā yǒu yī zhǒng kuā zhāng de qīng xiàng 。
    • It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
  3. Mandarin
    现在你别夸张了。
    現在你別誇張了。
    xiàn zài nǐ bié kuā zhāng le 。
    • Don't exaggerate now.
  4. Mandarin
    太夸张了吧！
    太誇張了吧！
    tài kuā zhāng le ba ！
    • Really?
  5. Mandarin
    不要再夸张了。
    不要再誇張了。
    bù yào zài kuā zhāng le 。
    • Don't exaggerate.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我咪叫咗你一百万次讲嘢唔好咁夸张啰。
    我咪叫咗你一百萬次講嘢唔好咁誇張囉。
    ngo5 mi1 giu3 zo2 nei5 jat1 baak3 maan6 ci3 gong2 je5 m4 hou3 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1 lo1 。
    • I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.
  2. Cantonese
    系，啲人系捧佢捧得夸张咗啲，但系呢个漫画系唔错㗎啵。
    係，啲人係捧佢捧得誇張咗啲，但係呢個漫畫係唔錯㗎啵。
    hai6 ， di1 jan4 hai6 pung2 keoi5 pung2 dak1 kwaa1 zoeng1 zo2 di1 ， daan6 hai6 nei4 go3 maan6 waa2 hai6 m4 co3 gaa3 bo1 。
    • Overrated, yes, but it is a good manga.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    太过夸张喇！
    太過誇張喇！
    taai3 gwo3 kwaa1 zoeng1 laa3!
    • That's way too much of an exaggeration!
  2. Cantonese
    夸张失实
    誇張失實
    kwaa1 zoeng1 sat1 sat6
    • exaggerating and unfounded
  3. Cantonese
    夸张
    誇張
    kwaa1 zoeng1
    • to exaggerate
  4. Cantonese
    朗诵比赛参赛者嘅抑扬顿挫好夸张。
    朗誦比賽參賽者嘅抑揚頓挫好誇張。
    long5 zung6 bei2 coi3 caam1 coi3 ze2 ge3 jik1 joeng4 deon6 co3 hou2 kwaa1 zoeng1
    • The participants exaggerated their verbal variation in their recitation in the competition.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    夸张
    誇張
    kuā zhāng
    • to exaggerate
  2. Mandarin
    喔麦尬!这真是太夸张了,难道西施舌有毒剧吗??
    喔麥尬!這真是太誇張了,難道西施舌有毒劇嗎??
    Ōｍàｉｇà ！ zhè zhēn shì tài kuā zhāng le ， nán dào xī shī shé yǒu dú jù ma ？ ？
    • Oh my God! This is too much! Could it be that Hiatula diphos is poisonous??
  3. Mandarin
    用不着这么夸张吧！
    用不着這麼誇張吧！
    yòng bu zháo zhè me kuā zhāng ba ！
    • There's no need to exaggerate it so!
  4. Mandarin
    没那么夸张吧。
    沒那麼誇張吧。
    méi nà me kuā zhāng ba ．
    • It can't be that over-the-top surely.
  5. Cantonese
    有冇咁夸张！
    有冇咁誇張！
    jau5 mou5 gam3 kwaa1 zoeng1!
    • Surely that's a bit too much?