扯淡

Chinese

	pull; tear; to talk casually	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (扯淡)	扯	淡
simp. ^#(扯淡)	扯	淡
alternative forms	扯蛋

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chědàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˇ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce² taam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chědàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˇ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chědàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê³-tan⁴
  - Yale: chě-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheedann
  - Palladius: чэдань (čɛdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce² taam⁵
  - Yale: ché táahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse² taam⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé² tam⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ tʰaːm¹³/

Verb

扯⫽淡 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to talk nonsense
- 牛浦道：「不是我說一個大膽的話，若不是我在你家，你家就一二百年也不得有個老爺走進這屋裡來！」卜誠道：「沒的扯淡！就算你相與老爺，你到底不是個老爺！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  牛浦道：「不是我说一个大胆的话，若不是我在你家，你家就一二百年也不得有个老爷走进这屋里来！」卜诚道：「没的扯淡！就算你相与老爷，你到底不是个老爷！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Niú Pǔ dào: “Bùshì wǒ shuō yī ge dàdǎn de huà, ruò bùshì wǒ zài nǐ jiā, nǐ jiā jiù yī èr bǎi nián yě bùdé yǒu ge lǎoyé zǒu jìn zhè wū lǐ lái!” Bǔ Chéng dào: “Méide chědàn! Jiùsuàn nǐ xiàngyǔ lǎoyé, nǐ dàodǐ bùshì ge lǎoyé!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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)
扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
掰 (bāi) (figurative, colloquial)
放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
瞎七搭八 (⁷haq-chiq₇-taq₇-paq₇) (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)

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
Lanyin Mandarin	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
Jianghuai Mandarin	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