huà

Traditional: 話

HSK 1

话 (huà) is a Chinese word meaning “dialect; language; spoken words”.

Meanings

  1. 1dialect
  2. 2language
  3. 3spoken words
  4. 4speech
  5. 5talk
  6. 6words
  7. 7conversation
  8. 8what sb said
  9. 9CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
Part of speech
noun

Related words

话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak谈话to talk (with sb)实话truth说实话to speak the truth笑话joke; jest讲话a speech废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words的话if (coming after a conditional clause)话题subject (of a talk or conversation)

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