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话話 huà — words, what someone says; speech

huà (fourth tone, falling)hua4

Traditional: 話

words, what someone says; speech

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 句
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Meanings

  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. 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.

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