huyên thiên

Thân thiện

Bà cụ ngồi kể chuyện huyên thiên với hàng xóm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Talkative to an excessive or rambling degree: Describes speaking in a long-winded, incessant, and often trivial or disjointed manner, jumping from one topic to another without coherence.
   • To talk nineteen to the dozen; to palaver: To speak rapidly and at great length, often with more enthusiasm than substance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy nói chuyện huyên thiên suốt cả buổi mà chẳng có nội dung gì. (She palavered for the whole session without any substantial content.)
  • Anh ấy kể về chuyến đi huyên thiên, hết chuyện nọ xọ chuyện kia. (He talked nineteen to the dozen about his trip, jumping from one story to another.)
  • Đừng có huyên thiên nữa, hãy đi thẳng vào vấn đề chính. (Stop talking through your hat and get to the main point.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a mildly negative or critical connotation, implying the speech is tiresome, confusing, or lacks a clear point.
• It can be used interchangeably with the variant "huyên thuyên" in many contexts without a change in meaning.

Variants and Related Words

• Huyên thuyên (adj): A direct variant meaning the same thing: to chatter or babble incessantly.
  • Bà ấy cứ huyên thuyên mãi về chuyện cũ. (She kept babbling on about old stories.)

Synonyms

• Palaver: To talk profusely and idly.
• Babble: To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
• Prate: To talk foolishly or at tedious length.
• Ramble: To talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.

Related Idioms

• Huyên thiên xích đế (colloquial): To talk through one's hat; to talk nonsense or make claims without knowledge.
  • Hắn ta toàn huyên thiên xích đế về những thứ hắn chẳng hiểu. (He's always talking through his hat about things he doesn't understand.)

Học thuật

1. (cũng nói huyên thuyên) Talk nineteen to the dozen, palaver
   • Huyên thiên suốt buổi
     To palaver for a whole morning (evening, afternoon)
   • Kể chuyện huyên thiên
     To talk nineteen to the dozen
   • Huyên thiên xích đế (thông tục)
     To talk through one's hat