话 (話) huà
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huà
noun
spoken words; talk; conversation; language
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 扁舌头说圆话 'to beat with the tongue and speak circular [words]' (CC-CEDICT '話'; Guoyu '話' n 1; Suyu, p. 47; Unihan '話') -
huà
noun
dialect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '話') -
huà
noun
a story
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '話' n 2) -
huà
verb
to discuss; to tell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '話' v)
Contained in
- 丑话(醜話) ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity
- 对方付款电话(對方付款電話) collect call
- 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
- 骚话(騷話) obscenities; lewd talk
- 散话(散話) digression
- 象话(象話) proper
- 黑话(黑話) argot; bandits' secret jargon; malicious words
- 话柄(話柄) a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
- 话多不甜(話多不甜) too much talk is a nuisance
- 话语权(話語權) ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout
- 脏话(髒話) profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
- 离间的话(離間的話) talk that leads friends to part
- 长途话费(長途話費) long distance call charge
- 白话(白話) spoken language; vernacular
- 话梅(話梅) plum candy; preserved plum
- 话筒(話筒) microphone
- 鬼话(鬼話) lie; false words; nonsense
- 修饰话(修飾話) a modifier
- 宫话(宮話) Mandarin
- 站着说话不腰疼(站著說話不腰疼) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; to be an armchair expert
- 电话信号(電話信號) telephone signal
- 二话(二話) objection; differing opinion
- 土话(土話) vernacular; slang; dialect
- 空话(空話) empty talk; bunk; gossip
- 洋话(洋話) foreign language (especially Western)
- 荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
- 训话(訓話) to admonish subordinates
- 打开话匣子(打開話匣子) to start talking
- 看笑话(看笑話) to watch with amusement as somebody makes a fool of himself
- 话分两头(話分兩頭) discussion from one topic to another
- 话中有话(話中有話) overtones in conversation; things indirectly implied from what is said
- 中国话(中國話) spoken Chinese
- 傻话(傻話) foolish talk; nonsense
- 共话(共話) to discuss together
- 说实话(說實話) to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
- 话里有话(話裡有話) to have hidden meaning; implication; more than just the apparent meaning; something hinted
- 话匣子(話匣子) phonograph or radio ; a chatterbox; a talkative person
- 话卡(話卡) calling card (telephone)
- 不在话下(不在話下) to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
- 对方付费电话(對方付費電話) collect call
- 留话(留話) to leave word; to leave a message
- 玩话(玩話) playful talk; joking
- 无话可说(無話可說) to have nothing to say
- 假话(假話) a lie
- 电话服务(電話服務) telephone service
- 风凉话(風涼話) sneering; sarcasm; cynical remarks
Also contained in
六一诗话 、 童话故事 、 白话文学史 、 美国电话电报公司 、 江淮官话
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Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 卷七十八 列傳第三十八 蕭思話 劉延孫 Volume 78 Biographies 38: Xiao Sihua, Liu Yansun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 22
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
- 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 96 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16
Collocations
- 思话 (思話) 羽林監封陽縣開國侯臣蕭思話 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五 本紀第五 文帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wen — count: 142
- 话言 (話言) 告之話言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 24
- 梁话 (梁話) 安定梁話 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷59 劉昶 蕭寶夤 蕭正表 Volume 59: Liu Chang, Xiao Baoyin, Xiao Zhengbiao — count: 9
- 话及 (話及) 申義康意於蕭思話及曄 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十九 列傳第二十九 劉湛 范曄 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye — count: 6
- 话传 (話傳) 源之見子思話傳 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一 列傳第一 后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 5
- 兴话 (興話) 而州人範興話以寒賤仕叨九流 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷四十九 列傳第三十九 庾杲之 王諶 孔珪 劉懷珍 Volume 49 Biographies 39: Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen, Kong Gui, Liu Huaizhen — count: 5
- 话未 (話未) 時徐州刺史蕭思話未之鎮 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十八 列傳第二十八 武二王 Volume 68 Biographies 28: Wu Erwang — count: 4
- 话固 (話固) 思話固諫 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十八 列傳第三十八 蕭思話 劉延孫 Volume 78 Biographies 38: Xiao Sihua, Liu Yansun — count: 4
- 话遣 (話遣) 蕭思話遣護之迎軍至梁山 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十 列傳第十 胡藩 劉康祖 垣護之 張興世 Volume 50 Biographies 10: Hu Fan, Liu Kangzu, Yuan Hongzhi, Zhang Xingshi — count: 4
- 话先 (話先) 思話先使參軍劉振之戍下邳 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十八 列傳第三十八 蕭思話 劉延孫 Volume 78 Biographies 38: Xiao Sihua, Liu Yansun — count: 4