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
(fig.) adaptable
to admonish subordinates
traditional Chinese storytelling performance
Ming novel style with poems mixed in
informal notes and talks on poetry
the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
no common ground, talk is pointless
hidden barbs in one's words; hostile subtext
things indirectly implied from what is said
telephone booth
to say good-bye; to bid sb farewell
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
stage play; modern drama
phone operator
chatterbox; talkative person
calling card (telephone)
returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...
too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
plum candy; preserved plum
chatterer
microphone; handset; (telephone) receiver
to reminisce