瞎话

瞎話
xiāhuà
noun #15,102

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Nǐ yòu zài shuō xiāhuà le ba?
You're talking nonsense again, aren't you?
HSK 4
Bié tīng tā de, quán shì xiāhuà.
Don't listen to him, it's all lies.

Tips

memory
瞎 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

瞎 xiā
话 huà