<p>Some advanced words: bamboozle, hoodwink. </p>

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2017-12-28T07:10:49.043Z
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xbh
<p>I think the English word 'fool' or 'deceive' has the closest meaning to 忽悠. </p>

<p>Fool can be used as verb, meaning to trick someone into believing something that is not true. </p>

<p>For example, don't fool/deceive me！ // 别忽悠我！don't be fooled // 不要被忽悠了！</p>

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2017-12-26T23:55:49.103Z
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dan
<p><code>忽悠</code> was from north-east dialect in China, and became well known since 赵本山's series of displays.</p>

<p>赵本山 figured himself as a fraudster, playing tricks to kite or tease someone. However, simply translate it as <code>deceive / fool</code> is in some degree inaccurate. Perhaps <code>Convincing with Confusing</code> is more accurate, because it is not always <code>lying</code>, it can be <code>windbaggary</code>, <code>nonsense</code>, <code>flubdub</code>, etc.</p>

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2017-12-27T05:00:52.230Z
I think fool connotes nonsense as well.
dan
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Tianjian Qin
<p>Misguide / misguiding / misguided, is probably a proper word.</p>

<p>If the original sentence you want to translate use the word 忽悠 in the context of 打哈哈, then it would probably match to say you (or the subject) waived/shrugged it (or the object) off.</p>

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user930067
<p>In a light conversation over Christmas dinner, a question was brought to me as "Is there a word in English to describe 忽悠 in Chinese"?</p>

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2017-12-26T19:32:38.890Z
忽悠 bkrs：〈方〉晃动：大旗叫风吹得直忽悠 | [flicker][方]∶晃悠
不怕秋千忽悠你就玩吧
to rock
to sway
to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
to trick sb into doing sth
to dupe
to con
hū you
(方) （晃动） flicker:
渔船上的灯火忽悠忽悠的。 Lights flickered on the fishing boats.
web：忽悠 是北方特別是東北方言，意爲 trick sb into doing sth，即用蒙的办法来让某人去做某事，从而达到自己的目的。
user6065
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2017-12-26T23:28:05.927Z
The context or a sentence would help. Romantic 'toujour l'amour'? Playing poker? Making a joke? Power failure??
Pedroski
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2017-12-28T02:27:09.983Z
The only meaning of 忽悠, in Mandarin, also in our Xi'an dialect, is **shake**, likes 晃悠, 摇晃, etc, for example: 刚才好像地震了, 房子在忽悠. It seems that an earthquake happened just now, for the house is shaking. It means **entice sb to do sth by telling lies** in northeastern China, maybe some of the proper words are **inveigle**, **cajole**, **trick**.
xenophōn
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2017-12-28T15:05:56.733Z
it meams like “are you killing me”
Cynnie Jia
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How to express 忽悠 in English?
# How to express 忽悠 in English?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-26)

In a light conversation over Christmas dinner, a question was brought to me as "Is there a word in English to describe 忽悠 in Chinese"?

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 忽悠 bkrs：〈方〉晃动：大旗叫风吹得直忽悠 | [flicker][方]∶晃悠 不怕秋千忽悠你就玩吧 to rock to sway to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) to flutter (e.g. of a flag) to trick sb into doing sth to dupe to con hū you (方) （晃动） flicker: 渔船上的灯火忽悠忽悠的。 Lights flickered on the fishing boats. web：忽悠 是北方特別是東北方言，意爲 trick sb into doing sth，即用蒙的办法来让某人去做某事，从而达到自己的目的。  
> **username_2**: The context or a sentence would help. Romantic 'toujour l'amour'? Playing poker? Making a joke? Power failure??  
> **username_3**: The only meaning of 忽悠, in Mandarin, also in our Xi'an dialect, is **shake**, likes 晃悠, 摇晃, etc, for example: 刚才好像地震了, 房子在忽悠. It seems that an earthquake happened just now, for the house is shaking. It means **entice sb to do sth by telling lies** in northeastern China, maybe some of the proper words are **inveigle**, **cajole**, **trick**.  
> **username_4**: it meams like “are you killing me”  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-12-28. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Some advanced words: bamboozle, hoodwink.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2017-12-26. Score: 0

I think the English word 'fool' or 'deceive' has the closest meaning to 忽悠.

Fool can be used as verb, meaning to trick someone into believing something that is not true.

For example, don't fool/deceive me！ // 别忽悠我！don't be fooled // 不要被忽悠了！


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### Answer by username_7 on 2017-12-27. Score: 0

`忽悠` was from north-east dialect in China, and became well known since 赵本山's series of displays.

赵本山 figured himself as a fraudster, playing tricks to kite or tease someone. However, simply translate it as `deceive / fool` is in some degree inaccurate. Perhaps `Convincing with Confusing` is more accurate, because it is not always `lying`, it can be `windbaggary`, `nonsense`, `flubdub`, etc.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: I think fool connotes nonsense as well.  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2017-12-30. Score: 0

Misguide / misguiding / misguided, is probably a proper word.

If the original sentence you want to translate use the word 忽悠 in the context of 打哈哈, then it would probably match to say you (or the subject) waived/shrugged it (or the object) off.


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