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说话 (shuō huà) – to speak

shuō huà

to speak

HSK 1Traditional: 說話2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to speak
  2. 2to say
  3. 3to talk
  4. 4to gossip
  5. 5to tell stories
  6. 6talk
  7. 7word

Simplified & traditional

说话

Simplified

說話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 说话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他说话了。

    tā shuō huà le 。

    He spoke.

  • 她不说话。

    tā bù shuō huà 。

    She doesn't talk.

Related words

话

huà

dialect

说

shuì

to persuade

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

笑话

xiào hua

joke

传说

chuán shuō

legend

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

神话

shén huà

legend

Appears in

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