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瞎话 (xiā huà) — lie, false statement

Definition

noun
liefalse statement
Measure word · 句

Examples

  • 瞎话。
    Tā cóng lái bù shuō xiā huà.
    He never tells lies.
  • 瞎话，。
    Zhè dōu shì xiā huà, nǐ bié xìn.
    These are all lies, don't believe them.
  • 瞎话。
    Shuō xiā huà de rén ràng rén tǎo yàn.
    People who tell lies are annoying.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

瞎xiāblind
话huàspeech

“瞎” (blind/nonsense) describes “话” (speech), giving a lie or false talk.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 話; 话 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánword
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠯑
𠯑𠯑話huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 話, 言 relates to words and 𠯑 gives the sound; the simplified 话 is a shorthand, so its right side is not that sound part.

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Appears in
Communication & Speech

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