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胡诌

胡謅
húzhōu
verb #26,442

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
你别胡诌了，那根本不是真的。
Nǐ bié húzhōu le, nà gēnběn búshì zhēnde.
Stop talking nonsense - that's simply not true.
HSK 3
我不是在胡诌，这是真实发生的事情。
Wǒ búshì zài húzhōu, zhè shì zhēnshí fāshēng de shìqing.
I'm not making things up - this really happened.
HSK 7-9
他胡诌了一堆借口。
Tā húzhōu le yī duī jièkǒu.
He made up a bunch of excuses.

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