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胡说 (hú shuō): Nonsense (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

胡 • hú • beard, mustache; foreign, reckless
hú胡

beard, mustache; foreign, reckless

说 • shuō • speak • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
shuō说

speak

Word Info

Pinyinhú shuō
Meaningnonsense; rubbish; drivel
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

HSK 5 Words

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 胡说.

Words with 胡
  • 胡同hú tòngalleyway; lane
  • 胡乱hú luàncarelessly; casually; at random
  • 胡子hú zibeard
  • 胡须
hú xū
beard; moustache; whiskers
  • 胡闹hú nàoAct crazy
  • 胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎngAbsent-minded / Muddled thinking
  • 胡扯hú chětalk nonsense
  • 胡来hú láiact recklessly
    • Words with 说
    • 说话shuō huàspeak
    • 听说tīng shuōto hear (sth said)
    • 再说zài shuōto say again
    • 小说xiǎo shuōnovel
    • 说明shuō míngto explain; instruction
    • 说法shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings
    • 说明书shuō míng shū(technical) manual
    • 传说chuán shuōlegend; lore
    4.

    Example Sentences with 胡说

    tā他
    shuō说
    de的
    huà话
    shì是
    hú胡
    shuō说
    。
    What he said is nonsense.
    bié别
    tīng听
    tā他
    hú胡
    shuō说
    ，
    tā他
    gēn根
    běn
    zài在
    quē缺
    fá乏
    què确
    záo凿
    zhèng证
    jù据
    de的
    qíng
    nǐ你
    nán难
    dào道
    zhēn真
    de的
    xiāng相
    xìn信
    nà那
    xiē
    bié别
    tīng听
    tā他
    de的
    ，
    tā他
    jīng经
    cháng常
    hú胡
    本
    bù不
    zhī知
    dào道
    zhēn真
    xiàng相
    。
    Don't listen to his nonsense; he doesn't know the truth at all.
    情
    kuàng况
    xià下
    ，
    rèn任
    hé何
    zhǐ指
    kòng控
    dōu都
    chún纯
    shǔ属
    hú胡
    shuō说
    。
    In the absence of solid evidence, any accusation is pure nonsense.
    些
    guān关
    yú于
    gōng公
    sī司
    jí即
    jiāng将
    dǎo倒
    bì闭
    de的
    hú胡
    shuō说
    ma吗
    ？
    Do you really believe that nonsense about the company going bankrupt?
    shuō说
    bā八
    dào道
    。
    Don't listen to him, he often talks nonsense.