瞎话

瞎話
xiāhuà
noun #15,102

Meanings

  1. 1 lies
  2. 2 nonsense
  3. 3 tall tale

Examples

Bié tīng tā de, quán shì xiāhuà.
Don't listen to him, it's all lies.
Nǐ yòu zài shuō xiāhuà le ba?
You're talking nonsense again, aren't you?

Tips

memory
means blind, so 瞎话 is literally 'blind talk,' words spoken without seeing the truth. Compare: 瞎说 (to talk nonsense) and 睁眼说瞎话 (to lie with eyes wide open).
register
Colloquial and informal. Used in casual speech to call someone out for lying or exaggerating.

Stroke Order

xiā
huà