谎话

• Pinyin: huǎng huà
• Desglose de hanzi: 谎 = 讠+ 荒 (speech radical + desolate/wild, speech that leads one astray); 话 = 讠+ 舌 (speech + tongue)

Significado

Una mentira; una afirmación falsa.

Used to refer to lies told in everyday interpersonal situations. It is slightly more colloquial than 谎言 and emphasises the individual spoken lie or the act of lying in conversation. Often appears in the phrase 说谎话 (to tell a lie).

Ejemplos

1. 孩子说谎话被父母当场识破，满脸通红，不知如何解释。
2. 她一眼就看出他在说谎话，但选择暂时沉默，等待他自己坦白。
3. 一个小小的谎话若不及时纠正，往往会演变成难以收拾的局面。

Guía de uso

Contexto: interpersonal, daily life, parenting

Tono: disapproving

Correcto

• 他承认自己当初说了谎话，并向对方真诚地道了歉，两人的关系才得以逐步修复。(He admitted that he had told a lie and sincerely apologised to the other person, and only then did their relationship begin to gradually repair.)
• 诚实是建立信任的基础，哪怕是一句无关紧要的谎话，也可能在长期积累中动摇彼此之间的信任。(Honesty is the foundation of trust — even a seemingly trivial lie can, over time, undermine the trust between people.)

Incorrecto

• 谎话 in formal legal or official contexts — use 虚假陈述 or 谎言 for more serious or formal registers; 谎话 is more suited to everyday interpersonal situations

Origen e historia

谎 (to lie, false) + 话 (words/speech) — false words, a lie

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal