愣说

愣說

lèngshuō

verb

Meanings

1 to insist (against the evidence)
2 to flatly assert
3 to stubbornly claim

Characters

stunned, stubborn

Examples

HSK 5

明明是他错了，他还愣说是我的错。

Míngmíng shì tā cuò le, tā hái lèngshuō shì wǒ de cuò.

He was clearly the one in the wrong, yet he still insisted it was my fault.

HSK 5

我没拿，你别愣说是我偷的。

Wǒ méi ná, nǐ bié lèngshuō shì wǒ tōu de.

I didn't take it - don't go insisting I stole it.

Tips

register

Colloquial and northern-flavored. 愣 (lèng) on its own means 'stunned/dumbfounded', but in the adverbial slot here it carries a stubborn-against-reason flavor - 'flatly insist on something obviously untrue'.

mistakes

Don't confuse with 楞 (the variant character) or with 冷说 - the 愣 here is fourth tone (lèng), not the second-tone 楞 some learners default to.

Stroke Order

愣 lèng

说 shuō