招摇

招搖
zhāoyáo
  1. to rock back and forth
  2. (fig.) to act ostentatiously
  3. to brag
  4. to show off

CEDICT

  1. (Chinese astronomy) Big Dipper
  2. (Chinese astronomy) Eta Ursae Majoris
  3. (archaic) Osmanthus fragrans
  4. (archaic) The name of a mythological mountain.
  5. Big Dipper
  6. Eta Ursae Majoris
  7. Osmanthus fragrans
  8. The name of a mythological mountain.
  9. to act ostentatiously; to show off; to draw attention to oneself

Wiktionary

  1. 夸耀、张扬，以引人注意。
  2. 摇动。
  3. 星名。在北斗杓的尖端。《礼记．曲礼上》：「招摇在上，急缮其怒。」泛指北斗七星。《文选．陆机．拟古诗十二首．拟明月皎夜光》：「招摇西北指，天汉东南倾。」

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招摇 sháoyáo

Entry Composition

1 招 zhāo
  1. to recruit
  2. to provoke
  3. to beckon
  4. to incur
  5. to infect
  6. contagious
  7. a move (chess)
  8. a maneuver
  9. device
  10. trick
  11. to confess
2 摇 yáo
  1. to shake
  2. to rock
  3. to row
  4. to crank

Containing this entry

招摇撞骗 zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
招摇过市 zhāoyáoguòshì (idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town

Related entries

前仰后合 qiányǎnghòuhé
  1. to sway to and fro
  2. to rock back and forth
吹嘘 chuīxū to brag
他吹嘘这场谋杀。

He bragged about the killing.

Source: Tatoeba

诩 xǔ
  1. to brag
  2. popular
  3. lovely
谝 piǎn
  1. to brag
  2. Taiwan pr. pián
嗙 pǎng
  1. (dialect) to boast
  2. to brag
  3. (onom.) sound of hitting sth
虚夸 xūkuā
  1. to boast
  2. to brag
  3. boastful
  4. exaggerative
  5. pompous
  6. bombastic
自白 zìbái
  1. confession
  2. to make clear one's position or intentions
  3. to brag
吹 chuī
  1. to blow
  2. to play a wind instrument
  3. to blast
  4. to puff
  5. to boast
  6. to brag
  7. to end in failure
  8. to fall through
風愈吹愈猛。

The wind is picking up.

Source: Tatoeba

作秀 zuòxiù
  1. to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. to grandstand
  3. to perform in a stage show
耍宝 shuǎbǎo
  1. to show off
  2. to put on a show to amuse others
卖弄 màinong
  1. to show off
  2. to make a display of
谁人不知，最爱卖弄的就是他！

Who doesn't know that if there's someone who loves showing off, it's him?

Source: Tatoeba

逞 chěng
  1. to show off
  2. to flaunt
  3. to carry out or succeed in a scheme
  4. to indulge
  5. to give free rein to
逞强 chěngqiáng
  1. to show off
  2. to try to be brave
显摆 xiǎnbai (coll.) to show off
他显摆自己能说6种语言。

He boasts that he can speak six languages.

Source: Tatoeba

显耀 xiǎnyào to show off
得瑟 dèse
  1. (dialect) cocky; smug
  2. to show off
我的身体被冻得瑟瑟发抖。

I'm shivering with cold.

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表现 biǎoxiàn
  1. to show
  2. to show off
  3. to display
  4. to manifest
  5. expression
  6. manifestation
  7. show
  8. display
  9. performance (at work etc)
  10. behavior
表現得體一點。

Start behaving appropriately.

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显弄 xiǎnnòng
  1. to flaunt
  2. to show off
搬弄 bānnòng
  1. to fiddle with
  2. to play and move sth about
  3. to show off (what one can do)
  4. to parade (one's capabilities)
  5. to cause trouble
炫 xuàn
  1. to dazzle
  2. to boast
  3. to show off
  4. (slang) cool
  5. awesome
衒 xuàn
  1. variant of 炫 xuàn
  2. (literary) to boast
  3. to show off
打把势 dǎbǎshi
  1. drill (in sword play)
  2. to thrash around
  3. to demonstrate gymnastic skills
  4. to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)
  5. to show off
掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
釦子掉了。

The button came off.

Source: Tatoeba