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 6

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.

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.

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

胡诌 húzhōu #26,442

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