大話

See also: 大话

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (大話)
simp. (大话)

Pronunciation


Noun

大話

  1. big talk; overstatement
  2. (Cantonese) lie; false statements
    大話 / 大话 [Cantonese]   gong2 daai6 waa6 [Jyutping]   to tell a lie

Synonyms

  • (Cantonese: lie):
Dialectal synonyms of 謊言 (“lie; untruth”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 謊言
Mandarin Beijing 謊言謊話
Taiwan 謊言謊話
Cantonese Guangzhou 大話
Hong Kong 大話
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 花蓼
Liudui (S. Sixian) 花蓼、虎膦
Hsinchu (Hailu) 花蓼
Dongshi (Dabu) 花舌
Zhuolan (Raoping) 花蓼
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 花舌
Min Nan Xiamen 白賊白賊話
Quanzhou 白賊白賊話
Zhangzhou 白賊白賊話白話
Taipei 白賊白賊話
Penang 騙話
Philippines (Manila) 白賊白賊話

Derived terms

  • 大話小結果大话小结果
  • 說大話说大话

Verb

大話

  1. to talk unrestrainedly (about something)
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