# 扯淡
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chědàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˇ ㄉㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ce$^2$ taam$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chědàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˇ ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chědàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻê$^3$-tan$^4$
*** Yale: chě-dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheedann
*** Palladius: чэдань (čɛdanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ce$^2$ taam$^5$
*** Yale: ché táahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tse$^2$ taam$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cé$^2$ tam$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ tʰaːm¹³/

### Verb

扯⫽淡 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to talk nonsense
    From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
    Niú Pǔ dào: “Bùshì wǒ shuō yī ge dàdǎn de huà, ruò bùshì wǒ zài nǐ jiā, nǐ jiā jiù yī èr bǎi nián yě bùdé yǒu ge lǎoyé zǒu jìn zhè wū lǐ lái!” Bǔ Chéng dào: “Méide chědàn! Jiùsuàn nǐ xiàngyǔ lǎoyé, nǐ dàodǐ bùshì ge lǎoyé!” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 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)
* 講東講西／讲东讲西 (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 |