妄說

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (妄說)		妄	說
simp. (妄说)		妄	说
In pronunciation 2, 說 is a tongjia character of 悅 (“pleased; to please”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngshuō

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ syut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngshuo
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-shuo¹
  - Yale: wàng-shwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqshuo
  - Palladius: ваншо (vanšo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂwɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ syut³
  - Yale: móhng syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ syt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ xud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ ʃyːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: /mʉɐŋ^H ɕiuᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	仙 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巫放切	失爇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ^H/	/ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ^H/	/ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ^H/	/ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ^H/	/ɕwiat̚/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ^H/	/ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ^H/	/ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/miwaŋ^H/	/ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàng	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong⁶	syut³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋ-s l̥ot/

(Zhengzhang): /*maŋs hljod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàng	shuō
Middle Chinese	‹ mjang^H ›	‹ sywet ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋ-s/	/*l̥ot/
English	reckless	speak, explain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	12684	2571
Phonetic component	亡	兑
Rime group	陽	月
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	妄	說
Old Chinese	/*maŋs/	/*hljod/

Verb

妄說

to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense

Synonyms

Synonyms of 妄說

口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
扯淡 (chědàn)
放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
瞎扯 (xiāchě)
瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
胡扯 (húchě)
胡言 (húyán)
譗𧫡 (zházhì)
鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

七說八說／七说八说 (Min Nan)
七講八講／七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
亂說／乱说 (luànshuō)
瞎說／瞎说 (xiāshuō)
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 (Min Nan)
講東講西／讲东讲西 (Min Nan)

Noun

妄說

nonsense; rubbish; absurd remark

Synonyms

妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
胡言 (húyán)
妄語／妄语 (wàngyǔ) (literary)

昏話／昏话 (hūnhuà)
胡話／胡话 (húhuà)
胡說／胡说 (húshuō)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyuè
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: wàng-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqyueh
  - Palladius: ванъюэ (vanʺjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /mʉɐŋ^H jiuᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	仙 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巫放切	弋雪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ^H/	/jiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ^H/	/jʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ^H/	/juæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ^H/	/jwiat̚/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ^H/	/iuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ^H/	/jĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/miwaŋ^H/	/i̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàng	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong⁶	jyut⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋ-s

(Zhengzhang): /*maŋs lod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	妄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋ-s/
English	reckless
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	3/3
No.	12684	2577
Phonetic component	亡	兑
Rime group	陽	月
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	妄	悅
Old Chinese	/*maŋs/	/*lod/

Verb

妄說

(literary) to please with empty talk
- 禮，不妄說人，不辭費。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  礼，不妄说人，不辞费。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Lǐ, bù wàngyuè rén, bù cífèi. [Pinyin]
  According to those rules, one should not (seek to) please others in an improper way, nor be lavish of his words.

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