---
title: "Kuazhang Meaning: 夸张 (kuāzhāng) Means “exaggerated”"
description: "夸张 (traditional 誇張, kuāzhāng) means “exaggerated; over the top; to exaggerate”. Hear its tones, see what 夸 and 张 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kuazhang"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

[What does it mean in Chinese?](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning)

# What does 夸张 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

夸张 kuāzhāng

## exaggerated; over the top; to exaggerate

## It can also mean

- (rhetoric) hyperbole

## Its characters

1. 夸 kuā to boast
2. 张 zhāng classifier for flat objects (paper, tables, beds, faces)

## In a sentence

你说得也太夸张了吧！ Aren't you exaggerating a bit too much!

不过，很多现代学者觉得这个数字太**夸张**了，他们认为宝船可能只有六七十米长。

From [郑和是谁？ · Who was Zheng He? China's admiral of the treasure ships](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/who-was-zheng-he#library-word-325-327)

[More about 夸张](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%B8%E5%BC%A0)

## More words with 夸 or 张

- [紧张 jǐnzhāng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jinzhang)
- [夸大 kuādà](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kuada)
- [扩张 kuòzhāng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kuozhang)
- [主张 zhǔzhāng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhuzhang)

## Keep 夸张 for Review

A free account keeps it, and Review brings it back just before you’d forget it.

## Look up another word

## See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.

[Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome?from=%2Fmeaning%2Fkuazhang) [Read in the Library](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

[Type pinyin with tone marks](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-tone-marks)

[The best free resources to learn Mandarin](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/free-resources-to-learn-chinese)