How to Say ‘nonsense’ in Traditional Chinese
屁話
pì huà
[pee hwah]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: [屁話] is quite common in blunt speech and stronger than [胡說八道]. It sounds coarse and confrontational, but not as extreme as the heaviest insults.
Phrase Breakdown
屁話
pì huà
[pee hwah]
bullshit
A rude way to say that something is nonsense, lies, or complete rubbish.
他說的都是屁話，你別相信。
What he said is all bullshit; don't believe it.
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