# 講東講西
## Chinese

| | | to talk; speech; to speakto talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain | east | to talk; speech; to speakto talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain | west |
| trad. (講東講西) | trad. (講東講西) | 講 | 東 | 講 | 西 |
| simp. (讲东讲西) | simp. (讲东讲西) | 讲 | 东 | 讲 | 西 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóng-tang-kóng-sai
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-tang-kóng-sai
*** Tâi-lô: kóng-tang-kóng-sai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdangkofngsay
*** IPA (Philippines): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai³³/

### Verb

講東講西
* (Philippine Hokkien) to talk all over the place; to blabber; to talk nonsense

#### Synonyms

* (to talk rubbish):
* 七說八說／七说八说 (Hokkien)
* 七講八講／七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
* 亂說／乱说 (luànshuō)
* 口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
* 妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
* 妄說／妄说
* 打鑔／打镲 (dǎchǎ) (regional)
* 扯淡 (chědàn)
* 扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
* 掰 (bāi) (figurative, colloquial)
* 放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
* 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
* 瞎七搭八 ($^7$haq-chiq$_7$-taq$_7$-paq$_7$) (Wu)
* 瞎扯 (xiāchě)
* 瞎掰 (xiābāi)
* 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
* 瞎說／瞎说 (xiāshuō)
* 胡扯 (húchě)
* 胡言 (húyán)
* 胡言亂語／胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
* 胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
* 胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
* 胡說八道／胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
* 說東說西／说东说西 (Hokkien)
* 譗𧫡 (zházhì)
* 鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)
| 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 |