话 (話) huà
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huà
noun
spoken words; talk; conversation; dialect; 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]' (Suyu, p. 47; Unihan '話') -
huà
noun
dialect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '話')
Contained in
- 句话(句話) a saying
- 话不投机(話不投機) the conversation is disagreeable
- 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
- 话别(話別) to say good-bye; to bid farewell
- 说话(說話) to speak; to say
- 精神训话(精神訓話) pep talk
- 空口说白话(空口說白話) to make empty promises
- 话说(話說) it is said that; to discuss; to recount
- 移动式电话(移動式電話) mobile telephone
- 算话(算話) (of somebody's words) to count; to be trusted
- 行话(行話) jargon
- 情话(情話) terms of endearment; words of love
- 话音(話音) one's speaking voice; tone; implication
- 话剧(話劇) stage play; modern drama
- 无线电话(無線電話) radio telephony; wireless telephone
- 博客话剧(博客話劇) blog drama (netspeak)
- 普通话水平测试(普通話水平測試) Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
- 话虽如此(話雖如此) be that as it may
- 成话(成話) to make sense
- 留话(留話) to leave word; to leave a message
- 空话(空話) empty talk; bunk; gossip
- 骚话(騷話) obscenities; lewd talk
- 听话(聽話) to be obedient
- 荤笑话(葷笑話) dirty jokes; jokes of a visceral nature
- 话卡(話卡) calling card (telephone)
- 一句话(一句話) in a word; in short
- 打官话(打官話) to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
- 移动电话(移動電話) cell phone; cellular phone; mobile phone
- 句句实话(句句實話) to speak honestly
- 佳话(佳話) a wonderful story
- 满口脏话(滿口髒話) to pour out obscenities; filthy mouthed
- 电话卡(電話卡) telephone card
- 讲闲话(講閒話) to gossip; to make unfavorable comments
- 公用电话(公用電話) public phone
- 外国话(外國話) foreign languages
- 拉话(拉話) to chat
- 听君一席话，胜读十年书(聽君一席話，勝讀十年書) listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books
- 洋话(洋話) foreign language (especially Western)
- 后话(後話) something to be taken up later in speech or writing
- 风流佳话(風流佳話) romance; romantic affair
- 说话算话(說話算話) to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says
- 胡话(胡話) nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash
- 电话门(電話門) Phone Gate, corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
- 阿比西尼亚官话(阿比西尼亞官話) Amharic
Also contained in
官话指南 、 潮州话 、 真心话大冒险 、 国际电报电话咨询委员会 、 网际电话 、 客家话 、 神话故事
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- 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
- 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 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
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
- 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
- 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
- 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