烏白講

Chinese

		carelessly; black-and-white	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
trad. (烏白講)		烏白	講
simp. (乌白讲)		乌白	讲
alternative forms		黑白講／黑白讲 歐北共／欧北共 Mandarin‐based respelling

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-pe̍h-kóng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-pe̍h-kóng
    • Tâi-lô: oo-pe̍h-kóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'peqkorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁵³/

Verb

烏白講

1. (Hokkien) to talk nonsense
2. (Taichung Hokkien) to brag; to boast; to talk big

Synonyms

• (to talk nonsense):

Dialectal synonyms of 亂說 (“to talk nonsense”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		亂說, 胡說, 瞎說, 胡扯, 胡說八道, 胡言亂語, 亂言
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胡說, 胡勒, 胡嘞嘞, 胡謅, 胡鏟, 胡云, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 瞎扯, 瞎扯臊, 胡說八道, 瞎說八道, 胡扯八光, 胡扯八拉, 胡扯白咧, 胡謅白咧, 胡云八卦, 嚼蛆, 滋屁, 撂屁, 冒泡兒, 扯淡
	Taiwan	亂說, 亂講, 胡說, 瞎掰, 胡說八道
	Harbin	胡說, 胡嘞, 胡扯六拉, 胡謅八扯, 胡謅八咧, 瞎嘞嘞, 瞎咧咧, 瞎扯談, 瞎說八道, 瞎掰, 瞎白話, 扯談, 扒瞎, 扯犢子, 扯王八犢子, 扯鬍子, 扯哩根兒啷, 扯哩根兒㘄, 冒泡, 扯雞巴蛋 vulgar, 屄屄 vulgar, 屄扯 vulgar, 屄嗤 vulgar, 屄嘞 vulgar
	Malaysia	亂講話
	Singapore	亂講, 亂講話
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胡勒, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 胡謅白咧
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瞎說
	Wanrong	胡說話, 胡掄, 胡讕, 胡嚼
	Xining	胡說, 亂說
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	胡說, 胡踏, 胡黏, 諞達
	Ürümqi	胡說八道, 諞椽, 諞椽子, 諞閒椽, 諞噧拉兒, 瞎諞椽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打胡亂說
	Guilin	扯談, 扯鬼談
	Liuzhou	瞎掰, 亂講三千
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胡說, 站講
	Yangzhou	瞎說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	亂講, 亂噏, 亂車, 亂噏廿四, 亂車亂詆, 亂噏亂詆, 亂詆三千, 亂講無為, 亂噏無為, 亂車廿四, 噏瘋, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 發啽話, 發夢話
	Hong Kong	亂講, 亂噏, 亂噏廿四, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 講經, 鳩噏 vulgar
	Taishan	亂噏
	Dongguan	亂講, 發噏瘋
	Yangjiang	亂講, 亂吠, 發噏瘋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	亂講
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	亂講
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	亂講
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	亂講
	Singapore (Guangfu)	亂講
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	亂講
	Móng Cái	亂講
Gan	Nanchang	亂嚼, 打亂話
Hakka	Meixian	亂講, 胡七八說, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚
	Xingning	亂屙, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	亂噏, 亂噏二十四, 亂車, 亂屙, 發噏瘋, 講七講八
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	亂講
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	亂講
	Wengyuan	亂講
	Liannan	亂講
	Jiexi	亂講
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	亂講
	Changting	信話
	Wuping (Yanqian)	亂講
	Ninghua	橫話直話
	Yudu	亂喊三天
	Ningdu	亂話
	Tonggu (Sandu)	亂話事
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	瞎說
	Dayu	亂話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跌下頷
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跌下頷
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跌下頷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落下頷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跌下頷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落下頷
	Hong Kong	亂講
	Mengshan (Xihe)	亂講
	Luchuan	亂講
Huizhou	Jixi	亂講, 瞎話三千, 死說, 死說濫聊
Jin	Xinzhou	瞎說約道
Northern Min	Jian'ou	亂話, 亂嚼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	七講八聽, 亂講亂聽
Southern Min	Xiamen	亂講, 糝講, 七講八講
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	畫虎𡳞 vulgar
	Quanzhou	糝說, 會攝
	Jinjiang	糝說
	Zhangzhou	雜念
	Zhao'an	四散呾, 四散講
	Tainan	烏白講, 亂講
	Penang (Hokkien)	亂講, 四散講
	Singapore (Hokkien)	亂講, 四散講, 畫虎𡳞 vulgar, 講𡳞鳥話 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	糝說, 七說八說, 七講八講, 濫糝說, 講東講西, 說東說西
	Chaozhou	四散呾
	Shantou	亂呾, 四散呾
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	四散呾
	Jieyang	散呾, 四散呾, 散哭父, 散抽, 詖曲
	Puning	散四呾, 四散呾
	Haifeng	四散講, 散講
	Singapore (Teochew)	四散呾
Wu	Shanghai	瞎話, 瞎講, 瞎扯, 七講八講, 瞎三話四, 瞎話三千, 瞎講八講, 瞎七搭八, 亂話, 亂講, 亂話三千, 亂說亂話, 亂講八講, 屌毛灰 vulgar
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瞎話, 瞎話連天, 瞎嚼連天, 瞎三話四
	Suzhou	瞎說, 瞎講
	Danyang	瞎三話四
	Ningbo	亂話三千
	Wenzhou	懵講, 浮空講, 瞎屄講
Xiang	Changsha	抽胡說, 扯粟殼, 扯談, 扯經, 扯卵談 vulgar

• (to brag):

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• 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
• 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
• 放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
• 放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 放風球／放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 紅膏／红膏 (Puxian Min)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
• 自矜 (zìjīn)
• 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風龜／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
• 鼓吹 (gǔchuī)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吹牛, 說大話, 吹大炮
	Harbin	吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
	Singapore	吹牛, 說大話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吹牛屄
	Wanrong	吹牛, 吹
	Xi'an	吹牛屄, 吹牛
	Xining	斬大話
	Xuzhou	吹牛屄
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吹牛屄
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹
	Yangzhou	吹牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
	Hong Kong	車大炮, 吹, 吹水
	Taishan	吹牛, 車大炮
	Dongguan	放葫蘆
Gan	Nanchang	吹牛屄
	Lichuan	吹膨兒
	Pingxiang	吹蒙子
Hakka	Meixian	車大炮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血
Huizhou	Jixi	吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹
Jin	Taiyuan	吹牛屄
	Xinzhou	吹達, 吹牛屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	誇喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Quanzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Zhangzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝
	Taipei	歕雞胿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歕雞胿
	Kaohsiung	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Yilan	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭彈
	Taichung	歕雞胿, 烏白講
	Tainan	臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
	Hsinchu	歕雞胿, 膨風
	Kinmen	歕雞胿
	Penghu (Magong)	歕雞胿
	Penang (Hokkien)	好臉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好臉
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝仙, 放風
	Shantou	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
	Jieyang	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝
	Singapore (Teochew)	好臉
Wu	Shanghai	吹牛屄, 吹牛三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吹牛屄
	Suzhou	吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
	Danyang	吹牛屄
	Hangzhou	吹牛屄
	Ningbo	吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話
Xiang	Loudi	吹牛皮
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)