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 ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ syut³
  - Yale: móhng syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ syt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ xud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ syːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: mjangH sywet

Rime
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巫放切	失爇切
Baxter	mjangH	sywet
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

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)
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 (⁷haq-chiq₇-taq₇-paq₇) (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)

Noun

妄說

nonsense; rubbish; absurd remark

Synonyms

妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
妄語／妄语 (wàngyǔ) (literary)
昏話／昏话 (hūnhuà)
胡言 (húyán)
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: mjangH ywet

Rime
Character	妄	說
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巫放切	弋雪切
Baxter	mjangH	ywet
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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