Chinese symbol for “nonsense”
废话
fèi huà
Traditional: 廢話
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nonsense is 废话 (fèi huà), defined as: nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nonsense”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无稽 (無稽) | wú jī | nonsense |
| 鬼扯 | guǐ chě | nonsense; humbug |
| 胡话 (胡話) | hú huà | nonsense; ridiculous talk |
| 屁话 (屁話) | pì huà | bullshit; nonsense |
| 不知所谓 (不知所謂) | bù zhī suǒ wèi | nonsense; nonsensical |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 废话.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 废物 (廢物) | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 废止 (廢止) | fèi zhǐ | to repeal (a law); to put an end to |
| 废墟 (廢墟) | fèi xū | ruins |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nonsense”.
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.