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
lie
to speak; to talk; a speech
to gossip; to make unfavorable comments
also written xiàng huà; proper
to waste one's breath; to talk at length
phone call; to talk over the telephone
to phone sb up
rumor; anecdote (not in the official record)
exaggeration
genitalia; doohickey; thingumbob
ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity
let's talk about the unpleasant things first
harsh words
Ming erotic novel Jin Ping Mei
to make a long story short (idiom)
long distance call charge
long-distance call
to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)
gossip; chat; casual conversation
Southern Min; Hokkien dialect
Amharic (language)
telephone; phone call; phone number
telephone booth
telephone signal
area code; telephone dialing code