Chinese Word: 话 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

话 (Trad.: 話)HSK 1

Pinyin: huà
English Definition: dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; Classifiers: 种

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 言

Ideographic: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 讠 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 舌 [ shé ] tongue; bell clapper

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Example Words:

打电话 [ dǎ diàn huà ]: to make a telephone call

说话 [ shuō huà ]: to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

笑话 [ xiào huà ]: joke; jest; Classifiers: 个 ; to laugh at; to mock

普通话 [ pǔ tōng huà ]: Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech

对话 [ duì huà ]: dialogue; Classifiers: 个

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