话/話 huà — words, what someone says; speech

Meanings

1. 1

   words, what someone says; speech

   The words a person utters, counted with 句. It is the object inside the very common verb-object pair 说话 "to talk".

   noun
2. 2

   a spoken language or dialect

   noun

   Place name + 话 names the spoken variety: 中国话, 北京话.

Character breakdown

• 话/話

  huà (fourth tone, falling)

  speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about

  8 strokes⿰讠舌Radical 言

Example sentences

• 请听老师说话。/請聽老師說話。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) tīng (first tone, high and level) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shuōhuà. (first tone, high and level)···

  Please listen to the teacher.

• 中国人说中国话。/中國人說中國話。Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising) shuō (first tone, high and level) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) huà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  People in China speak Chinese.

Similar words

Words containing 话

• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 说话/說話shuōhuà (first tone, high and level)to talk, to speak
• 说实话/說實話shuō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to speak the truth
• 打电话/打電話dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling)to make a phone call
• 讲话/講話jiǎng (third tone, dipping) huà (fourth tone, falling)a speech
• 的话/的話de (neutral tone) huà (fourth tone, falling)if (coming after a conditional clause)
• 普通话/普通話pǔtōnghuà (third tone, dipping)Mandarin, standard spoken Chinese
• 话题/話題huà (fourth tone, falling) tí (second tone, rising)subject (of a talk or conversation)
• 一句话/一句話yī (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)in a word
• 谈话/談話tán (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to talk (with sb)
• 对话/對話duì (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)dialog
• 实话/實話shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)truth
• 笑话/笑話xiào (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)joke
• 通话/通話tōng (first tone, high and level) huà (fourth tone, falling)to hold a conversation
• 神话/神話shén (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)legend
• 童话/童話tóng (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)children's fairy tales
• 废话/廢話fèi (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)nonsense