Chinese word

扯

Pronunciation

Pinyinchě

Meaning

  • verbtalk nonsense

Example

别扯了，我们不是那样的人。bié chě le wǒ men bú shì nà yàng de rén

Stop talking nonsense. We are not those kinds of people.

Illustration for 扯 (talk nonsense)

More examples

别扯淡，认真回答问题。bié chě dàn rèn zhēn huí dá wèn tí

Stop talking nonsense and answer the question seriously.

Core concept

Something is tugged away from its original form; applied to speech, the same idea makes a story wander away from reality.

Common phrases

  • 别扯了bié chě le

    stop talking nonsense

  • 扯淡chě dàn

    talk nonsense

Similar words

胡说hú shuō: Saying things without a factual basis, often as empty nonsense.
胡扯hú chě: Talking falsely in a loose, rambling, or nonsensical way.
扯淡chě dàn: Saying foolish or absurd things that have little connection to reality.
撒谎sā huǎng: Deliberately telling a falsehood to deceive someone.

Definition in Chinese

在口语中指说不真实或夸大的话、胡说；也可指用手拉、撕的动作。zài kóu yǔ zhōng zhǐ shuō bù zhēn shí huò kuā dà de huà hú shuō yě kě zhǐ yòng shǒu lā sī de dòng zuò

Word origin

The older physical sense of 扯 (chě, "pull or tear") describes forcefully drawing something apart, and the colloquial sense treats an exaggerated story as dragged away from the facts.

Usage tips

  • Its tone depends strongly on context: among friends it may show playful disbelief, but with strangers it can sound like an accusation that the speaker is being dishonest.

Other meanings

  • pullverb
  • tearverb

Opposites

  • 讲真话jiǎng zhēn huàtell the truthverb

Related words

  • 扯淡chě dàntalk nonsenseverb
  • 扯谎ché huǎngtell liesverb

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