huà

speech, talk, language; dialect

DEFINITIONS

話 huà
  • dialect
  • language
  • spoken words
  • speech
  • talk
  • words
  • conversation
  • what sb said
  • CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
  • old variant of 話|话[hua4]

STROKES

WORDS

兩岸對 liǎng àn duì huà bilateral talks
公共交換電網路 gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng lù public switched telephone network; PSTN
公用交換電網 gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng public switched telephone network; PSTN
公用電 gōng yòng diàn huà public phone; CL:部[bu4]
gòng huà to discuss together
冷笑 lěng xiào huà joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
lěng huà harsh words; sarcasm; bitter remarks
刺兒 cì r huà biting words; stinging words
北京 běi jīng huà Beijing dialect
博客劇 bó kè huà jù blog drama (netspeak)
fǎn huà irony; ironic remark
句句實 jù jù shí huà to speak honestly (idiom)
可視電 kě shì diàn huà videophone
台山 tái shān huà Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语[Yue4 yu3] spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门[Jiang1 men2] and in the Chinatowns of North America
台灣 tái wān huà Taiwanese Chinese (language)
哪兒的 nǎ r de huà (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it
wèn huà questioning (a suspect); interrogation
啟海 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
喪氣 sàng qì huà demoralizing talk
huí huà to reply
固定電 gù dìng diàn huà landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
國際電報電咨詢委員會 guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
國際電 guó jì diàn huà international call
土味情 tǔ wèi qíng huà cheesy pick-up lines
tǔ huà vernacular; slang; dialect; patois