Baloney!
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
胡说八道
to talk rubbish
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to talk rubbish
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 胡说八道 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 胡说八道 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is talking nonsense.
This article is nonsense.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 胡说八道.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 胡说八道.
Directly before
- 他胡说八道1
- 只是胡说八道1
- 文章胡说八道1
- 太会胡说八道1
Directly after
- 胡说八道了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 胡说八道
What does 胡说八道 mean in Chinese?
胡说八道 (húshuōbādào) means to talk rubbish.
How do you pronounce 胡说八道?
胡说八道 is pronounced húshuōbādào.
Is 胡说八道 an HSK word?
胡说八道 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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