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废话
fèi huà
nonsense, superfluous talk

HSK 5Legendary

What does 废话 mean?

废话 (pinyin: fèi huà) means nonsense, superfluous talk. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 废话

Don't talk nonsense, get to the point.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 话

The characters of 废话

废fèicomponent character
话huàcomponent character

Related HSK 5 words

否定fǒu dìngdeny, negate, reject
利息lì xīinterest (on money)
蝴蝶hú diébutterfly
个别gè biéindividual, some
高档gāo dànghigh-end, upscale
恶劣è lièbad, terrible, hostile
优惠yōu huìdiscount, promotion
何必hé bìwhat's the point, why bother

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