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
telephone booth
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
calling card (telephone)
returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...
too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
chatterer
to reminisce
erhua variant of huà chá
to fish for info in small talk
to have hidden meaning; implication
ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence
returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...
be that as it may
speechless
to talk nonsense; to bullshit
to fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
to do as promised; to be as good as one's word
promises must be kept
to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk
to gossip; to make unfavorable comments
rumor; anecdote (not in the official record)
exaggeration