象话

象話
xiànghuà
noun #22,812

Meanings

  1. 1 reasonable speech
  2. 2 proper words
  3. 3 (used in negative) reasonable thing to say

Examples

Nǐ shuō de bú shì xiànghuà!
What you said is outrageous!
Zhè nǎlǐ shì xiànghuà? Tài guòfèn le.
How is that reasonable? It's too much.

Tips

usage
象话 is almost always used in the negative: 象话 (bù xiànghuà) — 'outrageous / unreasonable / not proper'. It is a variant of 像话 (xiànghuà), which is the more standard form.
grammar
Functions as a noun but almost exclusively appears after or 不是: '不是象话' (This is not proper/reasonable).

Stroke Order

xiàng
huà