招摇 (招搖) zhāoyáo
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zhāoyáo
verb
to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 夸耀 (CC-CEDICT '招搖'; Guoyu '招搖' 1; Mathews 1931 '招搖', p. 27) -
zhāoyáo
verb
to shake; to sway
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 摇动 (Guoyu '招搖' 2; Mathews 1931 '招搖', p. 27) -
zhāoyáo
proper noun
Zhaoyao
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Name of a star (Guoyu '招搖' 3)
Contained in
- 招摇撞骗(招搖撞騙) to brag and swindle
- 招摇过市(招搖過市) to swagger through town
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 12
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 8
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy Book of Han 漢書 — count: 4
- 卷二十四 志第四: 禮儀四 Volume 24 Treatises 4: Rites 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 4
- 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
Collocations
- 招摇指 (招搖指) 招搖指寅 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 15
- 在招摇 (在招搖) 在招搖北 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong — count: 7
- 招摇东 (招搖東) 在招搖東 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 6
- 招摇在 (招搖在) 招搖在上 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 4
- 招摇星 (招搖星) 畫招搖星於其上 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二 Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 画招摇 (畫招搖) 畫招搖星於其上 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二 Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 曰招摇 (曰招搖) 其北一星曰招搖 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 4
- 招摇北 (招搖北) 在招搖北 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong — count: 3
- 诏招摇 (詔招搖) 詔招搖與泰陰兮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3
- 徘徊招摇 (徘徊招搖) 徘徊招搖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3