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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

充气

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chōng qì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inflate/ɪnˈfleɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们需要给自行车轮胎充气。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fill with air or gas so that it swells or expands.

    "We need to inflate the bicycle tires before our trip."
  2. 2

    To cause to increase in size, importance, or value inappropriately or excessively.

    "The media coverage tended to inflate the importance of the minor incident."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'inflare', composed of 'in-' (into) and 'flare' (to blow). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially referring strictly to blowing air into something to swell it, before expanding metaphorically into economic and figurative domains by the 17th and 19th centuries.

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