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话

If (coming after a conditional clause) in Chinese: 的话 (de huà)

de huà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 的話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1if (coming after a conditional clause)

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的
话

Zhuyin

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˙ㄉㄜ

de

˙/ neutral toneㄉ/ dㄜ/ e

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

的话

Simplified

的話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 下雨的话我们就不去了。

    xià yǔ de huà wǒ men jiù bú qù le。

    If it rains, we won't go.

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Related words

的

de

of

话

huà

dialect

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

目的

mù dì

purpose

笑话

xiào hua

joke

的确

dí què

really

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

神话

shén huà

legend

实话

shí huà

truth

似的

shì de

seems as if

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