废
话

Nonsense in Chinese: 废话 (fèi huà)

fèi huà

nonsense

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 廢話2 example sentences

Definitions

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

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废
话

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ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

废话

Simplified

廢話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 废话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这是什么废话？

    zhè shì shén me fèi huà？

    What is this nonsense?

  • 我曾说过的废话当中那是最愚蠢的一句。

    wǒ céng shuō guò de fèi huà dāng zhōng nà shì zuì yú chǔn de yí jù。

    That's the stupidest thing I've ever said.

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Related words

话

huà

dialect

废

fèi

to abolish

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

笑话

xiào hua

joke

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

神话

shén huà

legend

实话

shí huà

truth

电话

diàn huà

telephone

的话

de huà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

讲话

jiǎng huà

a speech

话剧

huà jù

stage play

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