说话說話 shuōhuà — to talk, to speak

shuōhuàshuo1hua4

Traditional: 說話

to talk, to speak

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)verb

Meanings

to talk, to speak
To talk, without saying what about. 说 and 话 form a verb-object pair, so nothing else can follow: to name a language, drop 话 and say 说汉语.
verb

说說
shuō (first tone, high and level)
to speak, to say, to talk; to explain; to tell off (colloquial)
9 strokes⿰讠兑Radical 言
话話
huà (fourth tone, falling)
speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about
8 strokes⿰讠舌Radical 言

老师说话的时候，我们都听。老師說話的時候，我們都聽。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shuōhuà (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) shíhou, (second tone, rising) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) tīng. (first tone, high and level)···
When the teacher talks, we all listen.
他不太喜欢说话。他不太喜歡說話。Tā (first tone, high and level) bú (second tone, rising) tài (fourth tone, falling) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) shuōhuà. (first tone, high and level)···
He isn’t much of a talker.