Character
| HSK | 1 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 170th character |
| RADICAL | ⾔ (149.6) |
| STROKES | 8 |
| INDEX # | 1296 |
| TRADITIONAL | 話 |
speech, talk, language; dialect
HSK 1
#170
DEFINITIONS
| 话 huà |
|
STROKES
WORDS
| 打电话 dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 说话 shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word |
| 笑话 xiào huà | joke; jest; CL:個|个[ge4]; to laugh at; to mock |
| 对话 duì huà | dialogue; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 普通话 pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech |
| 实话 shí huà | truth |
| 废话 fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 话题 huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 神话 shén huà | legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology |
| 童话 tóng huà | children's fairy tales |
| 话筒 huà tǒng | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset |
| 闲话 xián huà | casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind) |
| 不像话 bù xiàng huà | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous |
| 俗话 sú huà | common saying; proverb |
| 电话 diàn huà | telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number |
| 谈话 tán huà | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4] |
| 说实话 shuō shí huà | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly |
| 讲话 jiǎng huà | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 的话 de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 通话 tōng huà | to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call |
| 听话 tīng huà | to do what one is told; obedient |
| 谎话 huǎng huà | lie |
| 实话实说 shí huà shí shuō | to tell the truth; to tell it as it is |
| 说来话长 shuō lái huà cháng | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
| 脏话 zāng huà | profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely |
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