講大話

See also: 讲大话

Chinese

		to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	big talk; overstatement; lie big talk; overstatement; lie; false statements
trad. (講大話)		講	大話
simp. (讲大话)		讲	大话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎng dàhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gong² daai⁶ waa⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gong² ai⁵ va⁵ / gong² ai⁵ va^5*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng dàhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng dàhuà
  - Wade–Giles: chiang³ ta⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: jyǎng dà-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang dahhuah
  - Palladius: цзян дахуа (czjan daxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong² daai⁶ waa⁶
  - Yale: góng daaih wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong² daai⁶ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong² dai⁶ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ taːi̯²² waː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gong² ai⁵ va⁵ / gong² ai⁵ va^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁵⁵ ai³² va³²/, /kɔŋ⁵⁵ ai³² va³²⁻³²⁵/

Verb

講⫽大話 (verb-object)

(chiefly Cantonese) to tell a lie; to lie
- 你嘅僭建問題呢，唔係單純嘅僭建問題，而係公開噉向市民講大話，隱瞞你嘅僭建問題。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你嘅僭建问题呢，唔系单纯嘅僭建问题，而系公开噉向市民讲大话，隐瞒你嘅僭建问题。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 梁振英 (CY Leung), CE Election Debate 2012
  nei⁵ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴ ne¹, m⁴ hai⁶ daan¹ seon⁴ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, ji⁴ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi¹ gam² hoeng³ si⁵ man⁴ gong² daai⁶ waa⁶, jan² mun⁴ nei⁵ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]
  Your unauthorized building works problem is not solely an unauthorized building works problem, but is publicly telling lies to the public, hiding your unauthorized building works problem.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 說謊 (“to tell a lie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誑言, 誑語, 佯言
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說謊, 扯謊, 誑言
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	說謊, 撂皮
	Taiwan	說謊, 撒謊
	Harbin	撒謊, 扒瞎
	Singapore	講騙話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撒謊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	說謊
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	說謊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯謊撂屁
	Lanzhou	喧謊
	Jimsar	說白話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯白, 扯謊捏白, 扯把子, 駕雲, 日白, 捏白, 日白捏謊
	Wuhan	掣謊, 掉謊
	Kunming	扯白撂野
	Guilin	扯謊
	Guanyang	扯大炮
	Lipu	擺溜子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謅謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話
	Hong Kong	講大話
	Taishan	講大話
	Dongguan	放葫蘆, 講大話
	Beihai	車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	講大話, 車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	車大炮, 騙人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	講大話, 車大炮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講大話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	講大話
	Móng Cái	講大話, 車大炮
Gan	Nanchang	打白話
Hakka	Meixian	花舌, 講大話, 打白話, 扯謊, 屙痢肚, 屙痢洩肚, 屙膿刮痢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講花蓼, 講花舌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講花舌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話假事
	Songxi	獵謊
	Zhenghe	假講
	Jianyang	話假事
	Wuyishan	話假事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話假事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野講
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 講白賊, 花喙
	Quanzhou	白賊, 花婆喙
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 講白賊, 亂嘫, 哺下頷, 落下頷
	Pinghe	講白賊, 講無影話
	Zhao'an	講無影話
	Dongshan	反輪
	Taipei	白賊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白賊
	Kaohsiung	白賊, 講白賊
	Yilan	白賊, 嘐潲話 vulgar
	Changhua (Lukang)	白賊
	Taichung	講白賊, 嘐潲 vulgar
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講嘐潲 vulgar
	Tainan	白賊, 講白賊
	Taitung	講白賊
	Hsinchu	白賊, 講嘐潲 vulgar
	Kinmen	白賊, 嘐六
	Penghu (Magong)	白賊, 講白賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	講騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講騙話, 白賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	講白賊
	Shantou	呾大話, 呾無影跡話, 花喙
	Jieyang	花嬲
	Puning	佬儂, 呾騙話
Central Min	Yong'an	說謊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講大話
Wu	Hangzhou	騙造話
Wu	Wenzhou	譀, 講譀話, 譀裡譀搭
Xiang	Changsha	捏白, 辵白, 扯白, 扯謊

Derived terms