胡說

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (胡說)		胡	說
simp. (胡说)		胡	说

Etymology

Attestable from at least the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420). Literally, "to speak in the manner of the northern and western barbarians", in contrast to the dominant Han rulers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húshuo
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-shuo¹
    • Yale: hú-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwushuo
    • Palladius: хушо (xušo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ syut³
    • Yale: wùh syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-soat
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hosoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² suat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ suat̚³²/

Verb

胡說

1. to talk nonsense

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
• 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)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 胡說

1. nonsense; rubbish

References

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