话

Dialect in Chinese: 话 (huà)

huà

dialect

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1dialect
  2. 2language
  3. 3spoken words
  4. 4speech
  5. 5talk
  6. 6words
  7. 7conversation
  8. 8what sb said

Stroke order

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话

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

话

Simplified

話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你想说什么话？

    nǐ xiǎng shuō shén me huà？

    What do you want to say?

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Related words

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

笑话

xiào hua

joke

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

电话

diàn huà

telephone

的话

de huà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

讲话

jiǎng huà

a speech

话剧

huà jù

stage play

谈话

tán huà

to talk (with sb)

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