废话 meaning in English
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
Meaning of 废话
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
fèihuà
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
- You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废话 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
不要说废话！
Don't talk rubbish!
我曾说过的废话当中那是最愚蠢的一句。
That's the stupidest thing I've ever said.
别听他的, 他在说废话。
Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.
如果一句话里有“但是”，那么“但是”之前的都是废话。
If there is a "but" in a sentence, everything before it is just fluff.
别说废话了，你知道那是不可能的。
Don't talk nonsense, you know that's impossible.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
废 fèi · to abolish · 8 strokes
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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 废话.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 的话 | dehuà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 讲话 | jiǎnghuà | a speech; to speak |
| 笑话 | xiàohua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 对话 | duìhuà | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
| 普通话 | pǔtōnghuà | Putonghua; standard Mandarin |
| 笑话儿 | xiàohuar | erhua form of 笑話|笑话[xiao4 hua5] |
| 谈话 | tánhuà | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation |
| 话题 | huàtí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 话剧 | huàjù | stage play; modern drama |
Questions about 废话
What does 废话 mean?
废话 (fèihuà) means "nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 废话?
废话 is made of 2 characters: 废 (8 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 废话 an HSK word?
Yes. 废话 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 废话 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 废话 is written 廢話.