胡说

胡說

húshuō

verb HSK 7-9 #2,665

Meanings

HSK 1

别胡说了！

Bié húshuō le!

Stop talking nonsense!

HSK 2

他在胡说八道。

Tā zài húshuō-bādào.

He is talking complete rubbish.

HSK 2

你胡说，事情不是这样的。

Nǐ húshuō, shìqing bùshì zhèyàng de.

You're talking nonsense, that's not how it is.

usage

胡说八道 is the full four-character expression meaning 'to talk utter nonsense'. 胡说 alone is the shortened, more colloquial version.

history

胡 originally referred to northern nomadic peoples. 胡说 literally meant 'barbarian speech' - things that sounded like nonsense to Chinese ears.

胡 hú

说 shuō