huà

speech; talk; conversation

HSK 1 #170

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 170th character
Radical ⾔ (149.6)
Strokes 8
Index # 1296
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

话 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 话

Word Meaning
to make a telephone call
to speak; to talk; to say
joke; to laugh at; to mock
dialogue
Mandarin (common language)
truth
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
topic; subject (of a talk or conversation)
myth; mythology; legend
children's fairy tales
microphone; handset; (telephone) receiver
gossip; chat; casual conversation
unreasonable; outrageous; shocking
common saying; proverb
telephone; phone call; phone number
to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk
frankly; to speak the truth; truth to tell
to speak; to talk; a speech
if (coming after a conditional clause)
phone call; to talk over the telephone
obedient; to do what one is told
lie
to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
it’s a long story; hard to explain simply
profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
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