胡话

胡話
húhuà
noun #9,692

Meanings

  1. 1 nonsense; ravings
  2. 2 wild talk; gibberish

Characters

Literally 'wild words' - speech that is random or incoherent.

Examples

HSK 1
Nǐ bié shuō húhuà le!
Stop talking nonsense!
HSK 2
Bié tīng tā de, quán shì húhuà.
Don't listen to him, it's all nonsense.
HSK 4
Tā fāshāo de shíhou shuō le hěnduō húhuà.
He talked a lot of nonsense when he had a fever.

Tips

usage
说胡话 is the most common collocation. It can mean delirious rambling (when sick) or just talking rubbish. Similar to 胡说 and 胡说八道.
history
originally referred to northern nomadic peoples. Over time it acquired a sense of 'reckless, wild, random' - hence 胡话 (wild talk), 胡来 (act recklessly), 胡闹 (make trouble).

Stroke Order

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