话 huà

speech, talk, language; dialect

HSK 1 #170

DEFINITIONS

话 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

话 stroke order diagram
话 stroke order animation

WORDS

打电话 dǎ diàn huà
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
说话 shuō huà
HSK 2
to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
笑话 xiào huà
HSK 4
joke; jest; CL:個|个[ge4]; to laugh at; to mock
对话 duì huà
HSK 4
dialogue; CL:個|个[ge4]
普通话 pǔ tōng huà
HSK 4
Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
实话 shí huà
HSK 5
truth
废话 fèi huà
HSK 5
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
话题 huà tí
HSK 5
subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
神话 shén huà
HSK 5
legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology
童话 tóng huà
HSK 6
children's fairy tales
话筒 huà tǒng
HSK 6
microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset
闲话 xián huà
HSK 6
casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
不像话 bù xiàng huà
HSK 6
unreasonable; shocking; outrageous
俗话 sú huà
HSK 6
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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