胡言

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (胡言)		胡	言
simp. ^#(胡言)		胡	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húyán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù-ngièn / fù-ngiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húyán
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-yen²
  - Yale: hú-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuyan
  - Palladius: хуянь (xujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: wùh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/

Verb

胡言

to talk nonsense

Synonyms

七說八說 / 七说八说 (Hokkien)
七講八講 / 七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
亂說 / 乱说 (luànshuō)
口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
妄說 / 妄说
打鑔 / 打镲 (dǎchǎ) (regional)
扯淡 (chědàn)
扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
掰 (bāi) (figurative, colloquial)
放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
瞎七搭八 (⁷haq-chiq₇-taq₇-paq₇) (Wu)
瞎扯 (xiāchě)
瞎掰 (xiābāi)
瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
瞎說 / 瞎说 (xiāshuō)
胡扯 (húchě)
胡言亂語 / 胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
胡言漢語 / 胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
胡說 / 胡说 (húshuō)
胡說八道 / 胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
說東說西 / 说东说西 (Hokkien)
講東講西 / 讲东讲西 (Hokkien)
譗𧫡 (zházhì)
鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

Derived terms

胡言亂語 / 胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)

Noun

胡言

nonsense; gibberish
(archaic) languages of the non-Han people in northwestern and northern China
- 捨太子位，出家學道，勤行精進，覺悟一切種智，而謂之佛，亦曰佛陀，亦曰浮屠，皆胡言也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  舍太子位，出家学道，勤行精进，觉悟一切种智，而谓之佛，亦曰佛陀，亦曰浮屠，皆胡言也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE
  Shě tàizǐ wèi, chūjiā xuédào, qínxíng jīngjìn, jiàowù yīqiè zhǒnɡzhì, ér wèi zhī fó, yì yuē Fótuó, yì yuē Fútú, jiē húyán yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(nonsense):

妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
妄說 / 妄说
妄語 / 妄语 (wàngyǔ) (literary)
昏話 / 昏话 (hūnhuà)
胡話 / 胡话 (húhuà)
胡說 / 胡说 (húshuō)

(languages of the non-Han people): 胡語／胡语 (húyǔ)

Derived terms

一派胡言 (yīpàihúyán)