擂

擂 léi ㄌㄟˊ leoi4

to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)
(dialect) to scold

Practice writing

Draw 擂 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 受够受夠 ( shòu gòu sau6 gau3 ) 了 ( le liu5 ) 你 ( nǐ nei5 ) 的 ( de dik1 ) 自吹自擂 ( zì chuī zì léi zi6 ceoi1 zi6 leoi4 )。

I've had enough of your boasts.
他 ( tā taa1 ) 赢贏 ( yíng jeng4 ) 了 ( le liu5 ) 冠军冠軍 ( guàn jūn gun3 gwan1 ) 就 ( jiù zau6 ) 自吹自擂 ( zì chuī zì léi zi6 ceoi1 zi6 leoi4 ) 了 ( le liu5 ) 起来起來 ( qǐ lai hei2 loi4 )。

He boasted of having won the first prize.
这這 ( zhè ze2 ) 听起来聽起來 ( tīng qi lai ting1 hei2 loi4 ) 可能 ( kě néng ho2 nang4 ) 像 ( xiàng zoeng6 ) 是 ( shì si6 ) 我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 在 ( zài zoi6 ) 自吹自擂 ( zì chuī zì léi zi6 ceoi1 zi6 leoi4 ), 但是 ( dàn shì daan6 si6 )...

This may sound like blowing my own horn, but ...

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