廢話

See also: 废话

Chinese

		abolish; crippled	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (廢話)		廢	話
simp. (废话)		废	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèihuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ waa^6-2 / fai³ waa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-ōe / hùi-ōe / hùi-ōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèihuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèihuà
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: fèi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyhuah
    • Palladius: фэйхуа (fɛjxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fai³ waa^6-2 / fai³ waa⁶
    • Yale: fai wá / fai wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ waa^6-2 / fai³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ wa^6-2 / fei³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/, /fɐi̯³³ waː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: huè-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'oe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: huì-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'oe
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: huì-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/

Noun

廢話

1. rubbish; worthless words; superfluous words

   他說了半天，一點兒乾貨都沒有，全是廢話。 [MSC, trad.]
   他说了半天，一点儿干货都没有，全是废话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shuō le bàntiān, yī diǎnr gānhuò dōu méiyǒu, quán shì fèihuà. [Pinyin]

   He was speaking for a long time. Not a bit of what he said was substantial; all of it was trash.

   把文章中廢話去掉 [MSC, trad.]
   把文章中废话去掉 [MSC, simp.]

   bǎ wénzhāng zhōng fèihuà qùdiào [Pinyin]

   to remove redundant words from the article

   「我們要想辦法處理這個問題。」「這不廢話嗎！誰不想解決問題？」 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   「我们要想办法处理这个问题。」「这不废话吗！谁不想解决问题？」 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   “Wǒmen yào xiǎng bànfa chùlǐ zhè ge wèntí.” “Zhè bu fèihuà ma! Shéi bùxiǎng jiějué wèntí?” [Pinyin]

   ‘We shall think up a solution to deal with this issue.’ ‘No kidding! Who doesn’t want an issue solved?’

   「你知道嗎？太陽只有白天才看得到。」「廢話！」 [MSC, trad.]
   「你知道吗？太阳只有白天才看得到。」「废话！」 [MSC, simp.]

   “Nǐ zhīdào ma? Tàiyang zhǐyǒu báitiān cái kàn de dào.” “Fèihuà!” [Pinyin]

   ‘Do you know that the sun can only be seen in the daytime?’ ‘You don’t say!’

Synonyms

• 胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
• 胡言 (húyán)

Verb

廢話

1. to speak worthless words

   別廢話了！趕緊走吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   别废话了！赶紧走吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bié fèihuà le! Gǎnjǐn zǒu ba! [Pinyin]

   Cut the empty talk and go now!

   你跟那個人廢什麼話啊！這人可固執得很呢！ [MSC, trad.]
   你跟那个人废什么话啊！这人可固执得很呢！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ gēn nèi ge rén fèi shénme huà a! Zhè rén kě gùzhi de hěn ne! [Pinyin]

   What do you speak in vain to that guy for (rhetorical)? They're quite stubborn!