废话

廢話

fèihuà

noun HSK 7-9 #1,973

Meanings

1 nonsense
2 rubbish
3 useless talk

Characters

Examples

少说废话，赶紧干活！

Shǎo shuōfèihuà, gǎnjǐn gànhuó!

Cut the nonsense and get to work!

这不是废话吗？

Zhèbú shì fèihuà ma?

Isn't that stating the obvious?

Tips

usage

废话 can mean genuinely useless talk, or sarcastically point out something so obvious it didn't need saying. 废话少说 (less nonsense) is a common way to urge someone to get to the point.

Stroke Order

废 fèi

话 huà