妄言

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (妄言)		妄	言
simp. #(妄言)		妄	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-giân / bōng-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyán
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-yen²
    • Yale: wàng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqyan
    • Palladius: ванъянь (vanʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: móhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-giân
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxnggieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-gân
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxnggaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/

Noun

妄言

1. (literary) outlandish talk; wild talk
2. (literary) lie; untruth

Synonyms

• (wild talk):

• 妄語／妄语 (wàngyǔ) (literary)
• 妄說／妄说
• 昏話／昏话 (hūnhuà)
• 胡言 (húyán)
• 胡話／胡话 (húhuà)
• 胡說／胡说 (húshuō)

 

• (lie):

Dialectal synonyms of 謊言 (“lie; untruth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妄言, 妄語
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謊言, 謊話, 假話, 誑言, 誑語, 誑話
Mandarin	Beijing	謊皮, 詐語
	Taiwan	謊話
	Yantai (Muping)	謊屁流
	Luoyang	謊話
	Wanrong	謊
	Yangzhou	謊
	Nanjing	謊話
	Singapore	騙話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大話
	Hong Kong	大話
	Taishan	大話
	Dongguan	大話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	大話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花蓼, 虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花蓼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 白賊話
	Quanzhou	白賊, 白賊話
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 白賊話, 白話
	Tainan	白賊話
	Penang (Hokkien)	騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙話
	Manila (Hokkien)	白賊, 白賊話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白落話
	Jieyang	花嬲話
Wu	Wenzhou	譀話

Verb

妄言

1. (literary) to talk tactlessly; to speak carelessly; to make irresponsible remarks

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)
• 胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
• 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)