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
walkie-talkie
sth said in the moment of anger; angry words
Jianghuai Mandarin
foreign language (esp. Western)
filthy mouthed; to pour out obscenities
wireless telephone; radio telephony
(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
to have nothing to say (idiom)
to talk endlessly on the phone
joking; playful talk
ready-made phrase; unhelpful comment
to leave a message; to leave word
nonsense; crazy talk; ravings
spoken language; vernacular
writings in the vernacular
free verse in the vernacular
if (coming after a conditional clause)
straight talk; straightforward words
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
Truth or Dare (game); The Moment of Truth (TV show)
to lie through one's teeth (idiom); to talk drivel
to lie through one's teeth (idiom); to talk drivel
myth; mythology; legend
mythological story; myth