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

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Words containing 话

Word Meaning
subject (under discussion); thread (of an argument)
without a word; without hesitation
sth said in the moment of anger; angry words
sneering; sarcasm; cynical remarks
videophone
chatterbox; talkative person
to waste one's breath; to talk at length
one's speaking voice; tone; implication
remarks; words; the content of a conversation
to leave a message; to leave word
the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
words of love; terms of endearment
to reply; to answer
things indirectly implied from what is said
argot; malicious words; bandits' secret jargon
words of politeness; talk with propriety; decorous talking
to make a fool of oneself
talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep
a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
(spoken) Chinese language
dialect; vernacular; slang
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
ridiculous talk; preposterous remark
Mandarin; bureaucratic language; "officialese"
dialog box (computing)