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。」

重編國語辭典

Homographs

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
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