谎 (huǎng): lies, to lie
谎 (huǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “lies.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 荒 (phonetic). It ranks #2156 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谎 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- lies
- to lie
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撒谎 | sā huǎng | to tell lies |
| 说谎 | shuō huǎng | to lie |
| 谎言 | huǎng yán | lie |
| 谎话 | huǎng huà | lie |
| 扯谎 | chě huǎng | to tell a lie |
| 谎称 | huǎng chēng | to claim |
| 谎报 | huǎng bào | to lie |
| 善意的谎言 | shàn yì de huǎng yán | white lie |
| 说谎者 | shuō huǎng zhě | liar |
| 一派谎言 | yī pài huǎng yán | a pack of lies |
| 满口谎言 | mǎn kǒu huǎng yán | to pour out lies |
| 要谎 | yào huǎng | to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) |
| 弥天大谎 | mí tiān dà huǎng | a pack of lies (idiom) |
| 小谎 | xiǎo huǎng | fib |
| 瞒天大谎 | mán tiān dà huǎng | enormous lie |
谎 appears in 21 compound words: 29 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他谎言谨慎，从不说没有根据的话。
tā huǎng yán jǐn shèn , cóng bù shuō méi yǒu gēn jù de huà .
He lies with caution, never uttering unfounded words.
法官谎称帐号被盗遭惩戒 开庭要求“禁旁听”被拒...
fǎ guān huǎng chèn zhàng hào bèi dào zāo chéng jiè kāi tíng yāo qiú jīn páng tīng bèi jù . . .
Judge Disciplined for Falsely Claiming Account Was Hacked; Request to Ban Public Attendance at Trial Denied...
【东方日报世界视线】特朗普胜利谎言 难遮掩陷困真相
dōng fāng rì bào shì jiè shì xiàn tè lǎng pǔ shèng lì huǎng yán nán zhē yǎn xiàn kùn zhēn xiāng
[Oriental Daily: Global Perspective] Trump’s Lies of Victory Cannot Hide the Truth of His Plight
世界视线:特朗普胜利谎言 难遮掩陷困真相
shì jiè shì xiàn : tè lǎng pǔ shèng lì huǎng yán nán zhē yǎn xiàn kùn zhēn xiāng
World View: Trump’s Victory Lies Cannot Hide the Truth of His Plight
...控假乔事诈420万 薛楷莉呛:前男友爱说谎“锁定单亲妈”
. . . kòng jiǎ qiáo shì zhà 4 2 0 wàn 薛 jiē lì qiàng : qián nán yǒu ài shuō huǎng suǒ dìng dān qīn mā
...Accused of fabricating a relationship to scam 4.2 million, Xue Kaili retorts: "My ex-boyfriend is a liar who targets single moms"
特朗普演讲遭美媒集体“打脸”:充斥谎言 背离民生
tè lǎng pǔ yǎn jiǎng zāo měi méi jí tǐ dǎ liǎn : chōng chì huǎng yán bèi lí mín shēng
Trump's speech was collectively "slapped in the face" by the US media: full of lies and deviating from people's livelihood
她谎称自己怀孕了。
Tā huǎngchēng zìjǐ huáiyùn le.
She lied about being pregnant.
我想汤姆也撒谎了。
Wǒ xiǎng Tāngmǔ yě sāhuǎng le.
I thought Tom was lying, too.
汤姆向其他人撒谎了。
Tāngmǔ xiàng qítārén sāhuǎng le.
Tom lied to the others.
汤姆有可能对你撒谎了。
Tāngmǔ yǒu kěnéng duì nǐ sāhuǎng le.
It's possible that Tom lied to you.
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