胡诌

胡謅

húzhōu

verb #26,442

Meanings

1 to talk nonsense
2 to make up stories
3 to fabricate
4 to babble

Characters

reckless; non-Han peoples; wildly

to fabricate; to make up nonsense

Examples

你别胡诌了，那根本不是真的。

Nǐ bié húzhōu le, nà gēnběn bú shì zhēn de.

Stop talking nonsense — that's simply not true.

他胡诌了一堆借口。

Tā húzhōule yī duī jièkǒu.

He made up a bunch of excuses.

我不是在胡诌，这是真实发生的事情。

Wǒ bú shì zài húzhōu, zhè shì zhēnshí fāshēng de shìqing.

I'm not making things up — this really happened.

Tips

usage

胡诌 is informal and somewhat playful in tone. It implies random, ungrounded fabrication — often used humorously or in mild reproach. More colloquial than 撒谎 (to lie).

Stroke Order

胡 hú

诌 zhōu