胡言

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (胡言)		胡	言
simp. #(胡言)		胡	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù-ngièn / fù-ngiàn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húyán
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-yen²
    • Yale: hú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuyan
    • Palladius: хуянь (xujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: wùh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/

Verb

胡言

1. to talk nonsense

Synonyms

edit

• 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-chiq₇-taq₇-paq₇) (Wu)
• 瞎扯 (xiāchě)
• 瞎掰 (xiābāi)
• 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
• 瞎說 / 瞎说 (xiāshuō)
• 胡扯 (húchě)
• 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)

Derived terms

• 胡言亂語 / 胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)

Noun

胡言

1. nonsense; gibberish
2. (archaic) languages of the non-Han people in northwestern and northern China

   • 捨太子位，出家學道，勤行精進，覺悟一切種智，而謂之佛，亦曰佛陀，亦曰浮屠，皆胡言也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     舍太子位，出家学道，勤行精进，觉悟一切种智，而谓之佛，亦曰佛陀，亦曰浮屠，皆胡言也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE

     Shě tàizǐ wèi, chūjiā xuédào, qínxíng jīngjìn, jiàowù yīqiè zhǒnɡzhì, ér wèi zhī fó, yì yuē Fótuó, yì yuē Fútú, jiē húyán yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (nonsense):

edit

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

• (languages of the non-Han people): 胡語／胡语 (húyǔ)

Derived terms

• 一派胡言 (yīpàihúyán)