胡 hú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胡说
húshuō
to talk nonsense
Characters in this word
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在没有证据之前，把事故归咎于某个人完全是胡说。 Zài méiyǒu zhèngjù zhīqián, bǎ shìgù guījiù yú mǒu ge rén wánquán shì húshuō. Before there is evidence, blaming the accident on a particular person is complete nonsense.
- 你别胡说，我昨天根本没有去过那里。 Nǐ bié húshuō, wǒ zuótiān gēnběn méiyǒu qù guo nàlǐ. Don't talk nonsense; I never went there yesterday.
- 他喝醉了，一直在胡说八道。 Tā hē zuì le, yìzhí zài húshuō bādào. He is drunk and has been talking rubbish the whole time.
Related words
- 胡同儿 hútòngr alley
- 胡子 húzi beard and mustache
- 胡乱 húluàn randomly; carelessly; without order
- 胡闹 húnào to fool around; to act wilfully; to make trouble
- 胡思乱想 húsīluànxiǎng to indulge in wild thoughts; to let one's imagination run away
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel
- 传说 chuánshuō legend