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

機 bào huà jī walkie-talkie; portable radio transmitter
huài huà unpleasant talk; malicious words
外國 wài guó huà foreign languages
mèng huà talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions
大白 dà bái huà colloquial speech
骰 dà huà tóu liar's dice (dice game)
tào huà polite phrase; conventional greetings; cliché; to try to worm facts out of sb
hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
guān huà "officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
客套 kè tào huà conventional greeting; polite formula
客家 kè jiā huà Hakka dialect
客氣 kè qi huà words of politeness; politesse; decorous talking; talk with propriety
shí huà truth
實說 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
對方付款電 duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huà collect call
對方付費電 duì fāng fù fèi diàn huà collect call
duì huà dialogue; CL:個|个[ge4]
框 duì huà kuàng dialog box (computing)
課 duì huà kè conversation class
對講電 duì jiǎng diàn huà intercom
pì huà shit; nonsense
píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
連篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
廣東 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language