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話

huà

speech, talk, language; dialect

Strokes
13
Radical
言
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 话

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 话, the simplified form of 話. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 它说话。

    Tā shuō huà

    It speaks.

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  • 他说话了。

    Tā shuō huà le

    He spoke.

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  • 我想说话

    Wǒ xiǎng shuō huà

    I want to speak.

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  • 她不说话。

    Tā bù shuō huà

    She doesn't talk.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 话

  • 话huà 4dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said
  • 电话diàn huà 4–4 telephone; phone call; phone number
  • 说话shuō huà 1–4 to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
  • 打电话dǎ diàn huà 3–4–4to make a telephone call
  • 讲话jiǎng huà 3–4 a speech; to speak; to talk; to address
  • 的话de huà 5–4if (coming after a conditional clause)
  • 对话duì huà 4–4 to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
  • 笑话xiào hua 4–5joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
  • 普通话pǔ tōng huà 3–1–4Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
  • 笑话儿xiàohuar5 5Joke
  • 话题huà tí 4–2 subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
  • 谈话tán huà 2–4 to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation