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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

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “nonsense”

WordPinyinMeaning
无稽 (無稽)wú jīnonsense
鬼扯guǐ chěnonsense; humbug
胡话 (胡話)hú huànonsense; ridiculous talk
屁话 (屁話)pì huàbullshit; nonsense
不知所谓 (不知所謂)bù zhī suǒ wèinonsense; nonsensical

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废话.

WordPinyinMeaning
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
说话 (說話)shuō huàto 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.

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