Character data
Character data
| HSK | 1 |
| Frequency | 170th character |
| Radical | ⾔ (149.6) |
| Strokes | 8 |
| Index # | 1296 |
| TRADITIONAL | 話 |
Definitions
Stroke order
Words containing 话
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to make a telephone call
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to speak; to talk; to say
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joke; to laugh at; to mock
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dialogue
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Mandarin (common language)
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truth
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nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
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topic; subject (of a talk or conversation)
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myth; mythology; legend
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children's fairy tales
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microphone; handset; (telephone) receiver
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gossip; chat; casual conversation
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unreasonable; outrageous; shocking
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common saying; proverb
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telephone; phone call; phone number
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to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk
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frankly; to speak the truth; truth to tell
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to speak; to talk; a speech
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if (coming after a conditional clause)
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phone call; to talk over the telephone
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obedient; to do what one is told
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lie
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to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
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it’s a long story; hard to explain simply
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profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
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