诌 (zhōu): to make up (a story)

Meanings

1 to make up (a story)
2 to fabricate; to talk nonsense

Characters

诌

zhōu

to make up; talk nonsense

Examples

HSK 7-9

别瞎诌了，说实话。

Bié xiā zhōu le, shuō shíhuà.

Don't just make up nonsense; tell the truth.

HSK 7-9

他随口诌了一首诗逗大家开心。

Tā suíkǒu zhōu le yì shǒu shī dòu dàjiā kāixīn.

He casually made up a poem to amuse everyone.

Tips

usage

Colloquial, often as 胡诌 ('to talk rubbish') or 瞎诌 ('to make things up'). It implies improvising fiction off the top of one's head.

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech (radical form)

The speech radical, the side form of 言 (words). Fabricating and talking nonsense are speech acts, the same family as 谎 (lie).

phonetic

刍 chú

hay; fodder; phonetic

Fodder, supplying the sound; chú shifts to zhōu. It is phonetic here; the same element gives 雏 (chick) and 趋.

Stroke Order

诌 zhōu

Related Words

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to talk nonsense / to make up stories / to fabricate / to babble

胡言 húyán #9,432

to talk nonsense; to babble / nonsense; rubbish talk

扯淡 chědàn #6,929

to talk nonsense / to bullshit / nonsense

胡言乱语 húyán-luànyǔ #8,592

to talk nonsense; to speak gibberish / wild and incoherent talk; ravings

胡说八道 húshuō-bādào #3,948

to talk nonsense / to speak rubbish / bullshit

胡扯 húchě #3,900

to talk nonsense / to bullshit / rubbish

胡说 húshuō HSK 7-9 #2,665

to talk nonsense / rubbish / baloney

废话 fèihuà HSK 7-9 #1,973

nonsense / rubbish / useless talk

扯 chě HSK 7-9 #1,667

to pull; to tear; to rip / to chat idly; to talk nonsense

编造 biānzào HSK 7-9 #6,742

to fabricate / to make up / to compile