谎
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lies; to lie
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,351 U+8C0E
How 谎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 荒 (phonetic, huāng)
How to remember it
lie · Heisig RSH #1726
words + 荒 wasteland
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 荒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 荒 (huāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒 sound component | huāng | wasteland, desert; uncultivated |
| 慌 | huāng | frantic, nervous, panicked |
Words containing 谎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 满口谎言 | mǎn kǒu huǎng yán | to pour out lies |
| 善意的谎言 | shàn yì de huǎng yán | white lie |
| 一派谎言 | yī pài huǎng yán | a pack of lies |
| 说谎者 | shuō huǎng zhě | liar |
| 弥天大谎 | mí tiān dà huǎng | a pack of lies (idiom) |
| 测谎器 | cè huǎng qì | lie detector; polygraph |
| 小谎 | xiǎo huǎng | fib |
| 谎言 | huǎng yán | lie |
| 谎报 | huǎng bào | to lie |
| 说谎 | shuō huǎng | to lie; to tell an untruth |
| 瞒天大谎 | mán tiān dà huǎng | enormous lie; whopper |
| 谎话 | huǎng huà | lie |
| 测谎仪 | cè huǎng yí | lie detector; polygraph |
| 谎价 | huǎng jià | inflated price; exorbitant price |
| 要谎 | yào huǎng | to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) |
| 谎称 | huǎng chēng | to claim; to pretend |
| 圆谎 | yuán huǎng | to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied) |
| 虚谎 | xū huǎng | false |
| 撒谎 | sā huǎng | to tell lies |
| 扯谎 | chě huǎng | to tell a lie |