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

WORDS

xiàng huà proper
会议 diàn huà huì yì (telephone) conference call
无线电 wú xiàn diàn huà radio telephony; wireless telephone
说 sú huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say...
dā huà to talk; to get into conversation with; to send word
háng huà jargon; language of the trade
xùn huà to admonish subordinates
俏皮 qiào pi huà witticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark; double entendre
fǎn huà irony; ironic remark
xiàng huà proper; also written 像話|像话
长途电 cháng tú diàn huà long-distance call
费 huà fèi call charge
zhí huà straight talk; straightforward words
kōng huà empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip
不在下 bù zài huà xià to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
客套 kè tào huà conventional greeting; polite formula
chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
会 chá huà huì tea party
别 huà bié to say good-bye; to bid sb farewell
tào huà polite phrase; conventional greetings; cliché; to try to worm facts out of sb
机 diàn huà jī telephone set
机 bù huà jī walkie-talkie
chǒu huà ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity
huì huà conversation; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
bái huà spoken language; vernacular