講東講西

Chinese

		to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	east	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	west
trad. (講東講西)		講	東	講	西
simp. (讲东讲西)		讲	东	讲	西

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng³ dang¹ gorng³ sai¹ / gorng³ dang¹ gorng³ se¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóng-tang-kóng-sai

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ dang¹ gorng³ sai¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ dang¹ gorng⁵ nai¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng-dang-gô̤ng-sai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ taŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ kɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)nai⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ dang¹ gorng³ se¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ nang¹ gorng⁵ ne¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(t-)naŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ kɒŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)ne⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-tang-kóng-sai
  - Tâi-lô: kóng-tang-kóng-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdangkofngsay
  - IPA (Philippines): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai³³/

Verb

講東講西

(Philippine Hokkien, Puxian Min) to talk all over the place; to blabber; to talk nonsense

Synonyms

(to talk rubbish):

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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 (húyán)
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)
譗𧫡 (zházhì)
鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

Dialectal synonyms of 亂說 (“to talk nonsense”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		亂說, 胡說, 瞎說, 胡扯, 胡說八道, 胡言亂語, 亂言
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胡說, 胡勒, 胡嘞嘞, 胡謅, 胡鏟, 胡云, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 瞎扯, 瞎扯臊, 胡說八道, 瞎說八道, 胡扯八光, 胡扯八拉, 胡扯白咧, 胡謅白咧, 胡云八卦, 嚼蛆, 滋屁, 撂屁, 冒泡兒, 扯淡
	Taiwan	亂說, 亂講, 胡說, 瞎掰, 胡說八道
	Harbin	胡說, 胡嘞, 胡扯六拉, 胡謅八扯, 胡謅八咧, 瞎嘞嘞, 瞎咧咧, 瞎扯談, 瞎說八道, 瞎掰, 瞎白話, 扯談, 扒瞎, 扯犢子, 扯王八犢子, 扯鬍子, 扯哩根兒啷, 扯哩根兒㘄, 冒泡, 扯雞巴蛋 vulgar, 屄屄 vulgar, 屄扯 vulgar, 屄嗤 vulgar, 屄嘞 vulgar
	Malaysia	亂講話
	Singapore	亂講, 亂講話
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胡勒, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 胡謅白咧
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瞎說
	Wanrong	胡說話, 胡掄, 胡讕, 胡嚼
	Xining	胡說, 亂說
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	胡說, 胡踏, 胡黏, 諞達
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	胡說八道, 諞椽, 諞椽子, 諞閒椽, 諞噧拉兒, 瞎諞椽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打胡亂說
	Pengshan	打胡亂說
	Suining	扯把子, 打胡亂說, 開黃腔
	Zunyi	吹牛殼屍, 編聊齋, 亂開腔
	Guilin	扯談, 扯鬼談
	Liuzhou	瞎掰, 亂講三千
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胡說, 站講
	Yangzhou	瞎說, 胡大熱說
	Jinhu	瞎嚼, 嚼蛆, 瞎嚼蘿蔔乾子
	Rugao	嚼蛆子, 搞𣳠 vulgar
	Dongtai	嚼屎
	Wuhu	瞎屌講 vulgar, 糟扯, 鬼扯, 嚼蛆
	Feidong	糟扯, 瞎扯, 散扯, 扯卵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	亂講, 亂噏, 亂車, 亂噏廿四, 亂車亂詆, 亂噏亂詆, 亂詆三千, 亂講無為, 亂噏無為, 亂車廿四, 噏瘋, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 發啽話, 發夢話
	Hong Kong	亂講, 亂噏, 亂噏廿四, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 講經, 鳩噏 vulgar
	Taishan	亂噏
	Dongguan	亂講, 發噏瘋
	Yangjiang	亂講, 亂吠, 發噏瘋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	亂講
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	亂講
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	亂講
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	亂講
	Singapore (Guangfu)	亂講
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	亂講
	Móng Cái	亂講
Gan	Nanchang	亂嚼, 打亂話
Hakka	Meixian	亂講, 胡七八說, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚
	Xingning	亂屙, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	亂噏, 亂噏二十四, 亂車, 亂屙, 發噏瘋, 講七講八
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	亂講
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	亂講
	Wengyuan	亂講
	Liannan	亂講
	Jiexi	亂講
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	亂講
	Changting	信話
	Wuping (Yanqian)	亂講
	Ninghua	橫話直話
	Yudu	亂喊三天
	Ningdu	亂話
	Tonggu (Sandu)	亂話事
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	瞎說
	Dayu	亂話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跌下頷
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跌下頷
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跌下頷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落下頷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跌下頷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落下頷
	Hong Kong	亂講
	Mengshan (Xihe)	亂講
	Luchuan	亂講
Huizhou	Jixi	亂講, 瞎話三千, 死說, 死說濫聊
Jin	Xinzhou	瞎說約道
Jin	Handan	瞎嘚嘚, 胡咧咧
Northern Min	Jian'ou	亂話, 亂嚼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	七講八聽, 亂講亂聽
Southern Min	Xiamen	亂講, 糝講, 七講八講
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	畫虎𡳞 vulgar
	Quanzhou	糝說, 會攝
	Jinjiang	糝說
	Zhangzhou	雜念, 亂㞞講 vulgar
	Zhao'an	四散呾, 四散講
	Tainan	烏白講, 亂講
	Penang (Hokkien)	亂講, 四散講
	Singapore (Hokkien)	亂講, 四散講, 畫虎𡳞 vulgar, 講𡳞鳥話 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	糝說, 七說八說, 七講八講, 濫糝說, 講東講西, 說東說西
	Chaozhou	四散呾, 散哭父, 就頭呾
	Shantou	亂呾, 四散呾
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	四散呾
	Jieyang	散呾, 四散呾, 散哭父, 散抽, 詖曲
	Puning	散四呾, 四散呾
	Haifeng	四散講, 散講
	Singapore (Teochew)	四散呾
Puxian Min	Putian	講七講八, 講七道八
Puxian Min	Xianyou	講七講八
Wu	Shanghai	瞎話, 瞎講, 瞎扯, 七講八講, 瞎三話四, 瞎話三千, 瞎講八講, 瞎七搭八, 亂話, 亂講, 亂話三千, 亂說亂話, 亂講八講, 屌毛灰 vulgar
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瞎話, 瞎話連天, 瞎嚼連天, 瞎三話四
	Suzhou	瞎說, 瞎講, 嚼大頭蛆
	Danyang	瞎三話四
	Hangzhou	講胡話
	Ningbo	亂話三千
	Wenzhou	懵講, 浮空講, 瞎屄講
Xiang	Changsha	抽胡說, 扯粟殼, 扯談, 扯經, 聽講, 講屄話 vulgar, 扯卵談 vulgar, 入卵談 vulgar

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “讲东讲西”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 231.