废话

fèi huà

CL 句 jù 堆 duī 套 tào

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Common

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Definitions

1. nonsense
2. rubbish
3. superfluous words
4. You don't say!
5. No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 实话 shí huà 实话 shí huà truth 指真实的话: truth

Register variants

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• 无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán 无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán complete nonsense (idiom) 书面语，指毫无根据的言论: complete nonsense (idiom)

Related words

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• 胡说 hú shuō 胡说 hú shuō to talk nonsense 随口乱说的话: to talk nonsense

Synonyms

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• 空话 kōng huà 空话 kōng huà empty talk 指没有实际内容的话: empty talk

Usage notes

Collocations

常与动词“说”、“少说”、“尽是”等搭配，如“别说废话”、“少说废话”、“尽是废话”。

Common mistakes

不要将“废话”与“费话”混淆，“费话”不是规范词汇；表达“浪费时间的话”只能用“废话”。

Example Sentences

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他说的都是 废话 。

Everything he says is nonsense.

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Words Containing 废话

• 废话连篇 废话连篇 fèi huà lián piān: a bunch of nonsense
• 说废话 说废话 shuō fèi huà: to talk nonsense

Child Words of 废话

• 废 废 fèi: to abolish
• 话 话 huà: dialect