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
tone of voice; topic; subject under discussion
much-told good story; famous tale
colloquial speech
plum candy; preserved plum
telephone network
objection; differing opinion
writings in the vernacular
phone operator
topic under discussion; thread of discussion
in short; in a word
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
Shanghai dialect; Shanghainese
Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
unreasonable; outrageous; shocking
modifier (grammar)
community phone for passing on calls
messenger; communicator; relay
bilateral talks
public switched telephone network; PSTN
public switched telephone network; PSTN
to discuss together
joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan