妄言

wàngyán

noun #67,026

Meanings

HSK 4

事情还没查清楚，我不敢妄言。

Shìqing hái méi chá qīngchu, wǒ bù gǎn wàngyán.

The matter has not been looked into yet, so I dare not say for sure.

HSK 7-9

这些都是无知的妄言，不必理会。

Zhèxiē dōu shì wúzhī de wàngyán, búbì lǐhuì.

These are just ignorant ravings; there is no need to pay them any attention.

usage

Formal. 不敢妄言 ‘I dare not speak rashly’ is a polite way to say you cannot be sure. 妄 marks talk as groundless, as in 妄想 ‘delusion’.

妄 wàng

言 yán