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话 huà

talk, speech; language, dialect

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 1
Radical
讠
Traditional
話
Type
Ideograph
Made of 讠舌 ⿰讠舌

Memory hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 话

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  1. 他说话很快。
    Tā shuōhuà hěn kuài.
    He speaks very fast.
    he speak-word very fast
  2. 你在跟谁说话？
    Nǐ zài gēn shéi shuōhuà?
    Who are you talking to?
    you (progressive) with who speak-word (question)
  3. 我们打个电话吧。
    Wǒmen dǎ ge diànhuà ba.
    Let's make a phone call.
    we hit (measure) phone-call (suggestion)
  4. 他不爱说话。
    Tā bú ài shuōhuà.
    He doesn't like talking.
    he not love speak-word
  5. 上课的时候，请不要说话。
    Shàngkè de shíhou, qǐng búyào shuōhuà.
    Please don't talk during class.
    attend-class (particle) time, please not-want speak-word

Words with 话 (16)