# 畫虎𡳞
## Chinese
### Etymology

In Taiwan, there is a folk etymology saying that 虎𡳞 is from Japanese 法螺, but the relation between these two terms is dubious. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-hó͘-lān / ōe-hó͘-lǎn / ōe-hó͘-lān / ǒe-hó͘-lǎn
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-hó͘-lān
*** Tâi-lô: uī-hóo-lān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uixhoflan
*** IPA (Singapore): /ui²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ lan²²/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /ui²²⁻¹¹ hɔ³¹⁻²⁴ lan²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-hó͘-lǎn
*** Tâi-lô: uē-hóo-lǎn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²²/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-hó͘-lān
*** Tâi-lô: uē-hóo-lān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oexhoflan
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan³³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /ue³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lan³³/
*** IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lan³³/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǒe-hó͘-lǎn
*** Tâi-lô: uě-hóo-lǎn
*** IPA (Lukang): /ue³³⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lan³³/

### Verb

畫虎𡳞
* (Hokkien) to talk big; to chat idly; to talk rubbish; to talk nonsense

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 聊天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 搭咯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 聊天兒, 說話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拉呱兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 拉呱, 拉呱兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 閒諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 說閒話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 打牙交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 講時聞, 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 講嘴, 傾偈, 傾 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傾偈, 傾一傾 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傾偈 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 談坨, 談天 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 話閒事, 學事 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打閒講 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 講閒話 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打牙骹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 閒尞 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 講閒談, 講仙天 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 喥牙談, 講嘴哩 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Changting | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 聊天 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 吵天, 打吱喳 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 嘈閒天 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 談閒天 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 講閒天 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 閒談 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 答嘴鼓, 答詑 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 講水古 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 尞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 談天, 聒談 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 談天, 談心 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 倒楔 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉 |
| Jin | Linhe | 拉話, 閒拍 |
| Jin | Jining | 瞎聊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 搗拉, 拉呱 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 拉閒話 |
| Jin | Handan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 冇講, 講故事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 攀講, 講症 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 攀講 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 攀講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍嘓, 設潲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 開講, 破豆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 開講 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 答喙鼓, 開講 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敲嘓, 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 講古 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 詖閒話 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 詖話, 䛩奅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 詖話 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍法 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 講四方, 講善喻, 傾談 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傾偈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 聊天 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講張, 茄山河, 講閒話 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 講神 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 講張 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 扯, 扯老空 |
| Wu | Danyang | 談閒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 談天 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講閒談 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 談天 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 講白搭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 扯談 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扯談, 打講 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 談白, 聊天 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 亂說, 胡說, 瞎說, 胡扯, 胡說八道, 胡言亂語, 亂言 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胡說, 胡勒, 胡嘞嘞, 胡謅, 胡鏟, 胡云, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 瞎扯, 瞎扯臊, 胡說八道, 瞎說八道, 胡扯八光, 胡扯八拉, 胡扯白咧, 胡謅白咧, 胡云八卦, 嚼蛆, 滋屁, 撂屁, 冒泡兒, 扯淡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 亂說, 亂講, 胡說, 瞎掰, 胡說八道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 胡說, 胡嘞, 胡扯六拉, 胡謅八扯, 胡謅八咧, 瞎嘞嘞, 瞎咧咧, 瞎扯談, 瞎說八道, 瞎掰, 瞎白話, 扯談, 扒瞎, 扯犢子, 扯王八犢子, 扯鬍子, 扯哩根兒啷, 扯哩根兒㘄, 冒泡, 扯雞巴蛋 vulgar, 屄屄 vulgar, 屄扯 vulgar, 屄嗤 vulgar, 屄嘞 vulgar |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 亂講話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 亂講, 亂講話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胡勒, 胡唚, 瞎掰, 胡謅白咧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 瞎說 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胡說話, 胡掄, 胡讕, 胡嚼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 胡說, 亂說 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 胡說, 胡踏, 胡黏, 諞達 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胡說八道, 諞椽, 諞椽子, 諞閒椽, 諞噧拉兒, 瞎諞椽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打胡亂說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扯談, 扯鬼談 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 瞎掰, 亂講三千 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 胡說, 站講 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瞎說 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 亂講, 亂噏, 亂車, 亂噏廿四, 亂車亂詆, 亂噏亂詆, 亂詆三千, 亂講無為, 亂噏無為, 亂車廿四, 噏瘋, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 發啽話, 發夢話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 亂講, 亂噏, 亂噏廿四, 發噏瘋, 噏三噏四, 講經, 鳩噏 vulgar |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 亂噏 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 亂講, 發噏瘋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 亂講, 亂吠, 發噏瘋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 亂講 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 亂講 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 亂嚼, 打亂話 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 亂講, 胡七八說, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 亂屙, 屙痢肚, 屙痢刮肚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 亂噏, 亂噏二十四, 亂車, 亂屙, 發噏瘋, 講七講八 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Changting | 信話 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 橫話直話 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 亂喊三天 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 亂話 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 亂話事 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 瞎說 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 亂話 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 跌下頷 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 跌下頷 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 跌下頷 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落下頷 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 跌下頷 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落下頷 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 亂講 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 亂講 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 亂講, 瞎話三千, 死說, 死說濫聊 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 瞎說約道 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 亂話, 亂嚼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 七講八聽, 亂講亂聽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 亂講, 糝講, 七講八講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 畫虎𡳞 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 糝說, 會攝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 糝說 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 雜念 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 四散呾, 四散講 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 烏白講, 亂講 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 亂講, 四散講 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 亂講, 四散講, 畫虎𡳞 vulgar, 講𡳞鳥話 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 糝說, 七說八說, 七講八講, 濫糝說, 講東講西, 說東說西 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 四散呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 亂呾, 四散呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 四散呾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 散呾, 四散呾, 散哭父, 散抽, 詖曲 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 散四呾, 四散呾 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 四散講, 散講 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 四散呾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 瞎話, 瞎講, 瞎扯, 七講八講, 瞎三話四, 瞎話三千, 瞎講八講, 瞎七搭八, 亂話, 亂講, 亂話三千, 亂說亂話, 亂講八講, 屌毛灰 vulgar |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 瞎話, 瞎話連天, 瞎嚼連天, 瞎三話四 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 瞎說, 瞎講 |
| Wu | Danyang | 瞎三話四 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 亂話三千 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 懵講, 浮空講, 瞎屄講 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 抽胡說, 扯粟殼, 扯談, 扯經, 扯卵談 vulgar |