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
- 话虽如此(話雖如此) be that as it may
- 白话(白話) spoken language; vernacular
- 行话(行話) jargon
- 移动电话(移動電話) cell phone; cellular phone; mobile phone
- 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
- 话茬儿(話茬兒) topic
- 谈话(談話) to talk; to converse ; talk; conversation
- 电话铃声(電話鈴聲) (telephone) ring; ringing
- 不问就听不到假话(不問就聽不到假話) Don't ask and you won't be told any lies.
- 闲话家常(閑話家常) to chat about domestic trivia
- 打官话(打官話) to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
- 实话实说(實話實說) to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
- 话又说回来(話又說回來) returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...
- 词话(詞話) form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
- 重话(重話) harsh words
- 搭话(搭話) to talk; to get into conversation with; to send word
- 成话(成話) to make sense
- 大话(大話) a boast; a brag
- 俗话(俗話) common saying; proverb
- 怪话(怪話) ridiculous talk; preposterous remark
- 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
- 哪儿的话(哪兒的話) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it
- 象话(象話) proper
- 谎话(謊話) lie
- 话痨(話癆) chatterer
- 对方付款电话(對方付款電話) collect call
- 有话要说(有話要說) to speak one's mind
- 真话(真話) the truth; true words
- 说矮话(說矮話) say anything to get the desired outcome
- 程控电话(程控電話) automatic telephone exchange
- 电话簿(電話簿) telephone directory
- 气话(氣話) angry words; said in the moment of anger
- 反话(反話) irony; ironic remark
- 长途话费(長途話費) long distance call charge
- 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
- 风流佳话(風流佳話) romance; romantic affair
- 国际直通电话(國際直通電話) international direct dialing
- 疯话(瘋話) crazy talk; ravings; nonsense
- 情话(情話) terms of endearment; words of love
- 对方付费电话(對方付費電話) collect call
- 插话(插話) to interject
- 话题(話題) subject; topic for conversation
- 传话人(傳話人) messenger; communicator; relay
- 拉话(拉話) to chat
Also contained in
话语 、 潮州话 、 公共交换电话网路 、 广东话 、 官话指南 、 粤北土话 、 江淮官话
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- 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 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 96 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 24 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
- 第二回 Chapter 74 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
- 不知话 (不知話) 不知話言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — 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
- 话书 (話書) 與思話書 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十三 列傳第十三 張茂度 庾登之 謝方明 江夷 Volume 53 Biographies 13: Zhang Maodu, Yu Dengzhi, Xie Fangming, Jiang Yi — count: 4