俗话/俗話 sú huà — common saying

Meanings

1. 1

   common saying

   common saying; proverb

   noun

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

Words containing 话

• 话/話huà (fourth tone, falling)words, what someone says; speech
• 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