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胡说

hú shuō

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 胡說

胡说 (hú shuō) means "to talk nonsense; drivel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 胡说 means

1. to talk nonsense
2. drivel

The characters in 胡说

• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

Example sentences

• 胡说！
  Nonsense!
• 胡说。
  Poppycock.
• 别胡说。
  Don't talk rubbish.
• 这是胡说。
  Zhè shì húshuō.
  This is gibberish.
• 你别胡说！
  Don't talk nonsense!
• 胡说八道！
  Baloney!

Words starting with 胡说

• 胡说八道hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish

Words containing 胡说

• 信口胡说xìn kǒu hú shuōto speak without thinking; to blurt sth out

Where 胡说 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation, Faults & Criticism (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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