huà

speech; talk; conversation

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.6)
Strokes 13
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

話 huà
  1. 1. speech
  2. 2. talk
  3. 3. conversation
  4. 4. spoken words
  5. 5. words
  6. 6. what sb said
  7. 7. language
  8. 8. dialect
  9. 9. old variant of huà
  10. 10. CL zhǒng,,,kǒu,fān

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Words containing 話

Word Meaning
in short; in a word
remarks; words; the content of a conversation
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
Shanghai dialect; Shanghainese
unreasonable; outrageous; shocking
Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
unreasonable; outrageous; shocking
(spoken) Chinese language
objection; differing opinion
not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
witticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark
common saying; proverb
as the proverb says; as they say...
modifier (grammar)
a lie; untrue statement; misstatement
shared village phone with message relay
to communicate a message; to pass on a story
messenger; communicator; relay
foolish talk; nonsense
proper
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