Lie

"Lie" in cmn

假話 /假话

jiǎhuà

(intentionally false statement)

誑言 /诳言

kuángyán

(intentionally false statement)

誑語 /诳语

kuángyǔ

(intentionally false statement)

謊言 /谎言

huǎngyán

(intentionally false statement)

謊話 /谎话

huǎnghuà

(intentionally false statement)

撒謊 /撒谎

sāhuǎng

(tell an intentional untruth)

說謊 /说谎

shuōhuǎng

(tell an intentional untruth)

躺

tǎng

(be in horizontal position)

Lay vs Lie: A Practical Tense Guide

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.