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Chinese symbol for “chatter”

胡扯
hú chě
to chatter; nonsense; blather

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chatter is 胡扯 (hú chě), defined as: to chatter; nonsense; blather.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

胡 hú
recklessly, foolishly; wildly
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
扯 chě
to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “chatter”

WordPinyinMeaning
叨叨dāo daoto chatter; to hog the conversation
唠唠叨叨 (嘮嘮叨叨)láo lao dāo dāoto chatter; to babble
噜 (嚕)lūgrumble; chatter
磨叨mò daoto grumble; to chatter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 胡扯.

WordPinyinMeaning
胡说八道 (胡說八道)hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
胡子 (鬍子)hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers
胡同hú tònglane; alley; 条 (tiáo)
胡说 (胡說)hú shuōto talk nonsense; drivel
胡闹 (胡鬧)hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
牵扯 (牽扯)qiān chěto involve; to implicate; to be interrelated
扯淡chě dànto talk nonsense
拉扯lā cheto drag; to pull

See also: Japanese symbol for “chatter”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.