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

hòu huà something to be taken up later in speech or writing
心裡 xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind
guài huà ridiculous talk; preposterous remark
悄悄 qiāo qiao huà whisperings; private words; confidences; sweet nothings
qíng huà terms of endearment; words of love
chéng huà to make sense
打官 dǎ guān huà to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
打開天窗說亮 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
打開匣子 dǎ kāi huà xiá zi to start talking
打電 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call
lā huà (dialect) to chat
chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
換句說 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
搖電 yáo diàn huà (old) to make a phone call
dā huà to talk; to get into conversation with; to send word
fàng huà to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally
sǎn huà digression
日本電報電公司 rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; NTT
普通 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
普通水平測試 pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
暢談卡 chàng tán huà kǎ long-term calling card (telephone)
huì huà conversation; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
快說 yǒu huà kuài shuō spit it out!
要說 yǒu huà yào shuō to speak one's mind
東洋 dōng yáng huà Japanese (language) (old)