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

Stroke order

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Words containing 話

Word Meaning
bilateral talks
public switched telephone network; PSTN
public switched telephone network; PSTN
public phone
to discuss together
joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
sarcasm; harsh words; bitter remarks
stinging words; biting words
Beijing dialect
blog drama (netspeak)
ironic remark; irony
to speak honestly (idiom)
videophone
Taishanese; Taishan Cantonese dialect
Taiwanese Chinese (language)
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment)
interrogation; questioning (a suspect)
Qihai dialect of Wu Chinese
demoralizing talk
to reply
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
International Telegraph and Telephone Committee
international call
cheesy pick-up lines
dialect; vernacular; slang