胡言漢語

Chinese

		to talk nonsense; nonsense; gibberish	Han speech; the Chinese language
trad. (胡言漢語)		胡言	漢語
simp. (胡言汉语)		胡言	汉语
Literally: “barbarian and Han speech”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húyánhànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húyánhànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húyánhànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-yen²-han⁴-yü³
    • Yale: hú-yán-hàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuyanhannyeu
    • Palladius: хуяньханьюй (xujanʹxanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ xän⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

胡言漢語

1. to talk nonsense; to rave; babbling nonsense

   • 這二老漢，各人好與三十棒。何故？一箇說長說短，一箇胡言漢語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     这二老汉，各人好与三十棒。何故？一个说长说短，一个胡言汉语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1252, 五燈會元

     Zhè èr lǎohàn, gè rén hǎo yǔ sānshí bàng. Hégù? Yī gè shuōchángshuōduǎn, yī gè húyánhànyǔ. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 七說八說／七说八说 (Hokkien)
• 七講八講／七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
• 亂說／乱说 (luànshuō)
• 口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
• 妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
• 妄說／妄说
• 打鑔／打镲 (dǎchǎ) (regional)
• 扯淡 (chědàn)
• 扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
• 掰 (bāi) (figurative, colloquial)
• 放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
• 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
• 瞎七搭八 (⁷haq-chiq-taq-paq) (Wu)
• 瞎扯 (xiāchě)
• 瞎掰 (xiābāi)
• 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
• 瞎說／瞎说 (xiāshuō)
• 胡扯 (húchě)
• 胡言 (húyán)
• 胡言亂語／胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
• 胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
• 胡說八道／胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
• 說東說西／说东说西 (Hokkien)
• 講東講西／讲东讲西 (Hokkien)
• 譗𧫡 (zházhì)
• 鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)