胡说
Old HSK 5
胡说 (húshuō) · to talk nonsense
胡说 (húshuō) means “to talk nonsense; nonsense”. It is written with 2 characters: 胡 (recklessly) + 说 (to speak). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 胡说 is built
The characters
胡 hú · recklessly
What 胡 is made of
- 古gǔ — old
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- ⺼ — meat
说 shuō · to speak
What 说 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 兑duì — cash
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 兄xiōng — elder brother
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 儿ér — child
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 兑 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你别胡说，根本没有这回事。Nǐ bié húshuō, gēnběn méiyǒu zhè huíshì.Don't talk nonsense, that never happened.
他喝醉了，一直在胡说。Tā hēzuì le, yìzhí zài húshuō.He was drunk and kept talking nonsense.
Questions about 胡说
What does 胡说 mean?
胡说 (húshuō) means “to talk nonsense; nonsense”.
How do you pronounce 胡说?
胡说 is pronounced húshuō.
Which HSK level is 胡说?
胡说 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 胡同hútòngalley
- 胡乱húluàncarelessly
- 胡须húxūbeard
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 比如说bǐrúshuōfor example
- 说明shuōmíngto explain
- 听说tīngshuōto hear
- 小说xiǎoshuōnovel
- 传说chuánshuōlegend
- 据说jùshuōit is said that
Learn 胡说 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 41: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.