吹ceoi1水seoi2

English

1. (coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
2. (verb) to chitchat; to talk; to gossip; to brag
3. to chitchat; to gab; literally: to blow water
4. to talk nonsense; to say something that is false or that one is not sure about
5. to talk of actions without the intention to fulfill; to make false promises

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 傾閒偈；講無聊嘢
2. 講啲未必係真，或者自己都唔肯定嘅嘢；類似吹牛
3. 隨口噏，冇具體執行計劃，講完就算

Examples

• 班女仔已經吹咗成個鐘水。

  The girls have been chitchatting for an hour already. ----

• 佢成日吹水㗎，信佢一成都死呀。

  Don't believe anything he says; he's always making exaggerated claims.

• 佢成日掛住同同事吹水，梗係俾人炒啦。

  He's always chitchatting with his colleagues; no wonder he was fired.

• 佢一分鐘吞到一個漢堡包？真定假呀？唔好吹水喎。

  He swallowed a hamburger whole in one minute? You've got to be kidding me. ----

• 佢吹水話三年內會買到樓，但係而家佢連三萬積蓄都冇囉。

  He said that he would buy an apartment in three years, but he doesn't even have 30 thousand dollars in the bank right now.