说
闲
话

To chat in Chinese: 说闲话 (shuō xián huà)

shuō xián huà

to chat

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 說閒話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to chat
  2. 2to gossip

Stroke order

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说
闲
话

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄢˊ

xián

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

说闲话

Simplified

說閒話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他们总喜欢在一起说闲话。

    tā men zǒng xǐ huan zài yì qǐ shuō xián huà。

    They always like to chat idly together.

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Related words

话

huà

dialect

说

shuō

to speak

闲

xián

enclosure

说话

shuō huà

to speak

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)

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