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

lěng huà harsh words; sarcasm; bitter remarks
刺儿 cì r huà biting words; stinging words
北京 běi jīng huà Beijing dialect
博客剧 bó kè huà jù blog drama (netspeak)
句句实 jù jù shí huà to speak honestly (idiom)
台山 tái shān huà Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语[Yue4 yu3] spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门[Jiang1 men2] and in the Chinatowns of North America
台湾 tái wān huà Taiwanese Chinese (language)
哪儿的 nǎ r de huà (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it
启海 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
丧气 sàng qì huà demoralizing talk
固定电 gù dìng diàn huà landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
国际电报电咨询委员会 guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
国际电 guó jì diàn huà international call
土味情 tǔ wèi qíng huà cheesy pick-up lines
机 bào huà jī walkie-talkie; portable radio transmitter
外国 wài guó huà foreign languages
骰 dà huà tóu liar's dice (dice game)
客家 kè jiā huà Hakka dialect
对方付款电 duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huà collect call
对方付费电 duì fāng fù fèi diàn huà collect call
课 duì huà kè conversation class
对讲电 duì jiǎng diàn huà intercom
píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
连篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
广东 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language