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对话

duì huà · dui hua

Traditional 對話

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to talk (with sb)
  2. dialogue; conversation
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Textbook talk

  1. Leon

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)练习(liànxí)中文(zhōngwén)对话(duìhuà)。

    Dengdeng, I want to practise Chinese conversation.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)来(lái)练(liàn)对话(duìhuà)吧(ba)。你(nǐ)先(xiān)说(shuō)。

    OK, let us practise a dialogue. You speak first.

  3. Leon

    你好(nǐhǎo)，请问(qǐngwèn)，你(nǐ)吃饭(chīfàn)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Hello, may I ask, have you eaten?

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)的(de)对话(duìhuà)怎么(zěnme)像(xiàng)课本(kèběn)里(lǐ)的(de)？

    Why does your dialogue sound like one from a textbook?

  5. Leon

    因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)刚(gāng)看(kàn)了(le)课本(kèběn)里(lǐ)的(de)对话(duìhuà)。

    Because I just read the dialogues in the textbook yesterday.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)明天(míngtiān)看点(kàndiǎn)别的(biéde)吧(ba)，课本(kèběn)里(lǐ)的(de)人(rén)只(zhǐ)会(huì)吃饭(chīfàn)和(hé)问路(wènlù)。

    Then read something else tomorrow. The people in textbooks only eat and ask the way.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)父(fù)母(mǔ)通(tōng)常(cháng)用(yòng)法(fǎ)语(yǔ)对(duì)话(huà)，即(jí)使(shǐ)我(wǒ)母(mǔ)亲(qīn)的(de)母(mǔ)语(yǔ)是(shì)英(yīng)语(yǔ)。

My parents usually speak to each other in French, even though my mother is a native English speaker.

Tatoeba: Chinese by McMeao · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

老(lǎo)师(shī)鼓(gǔ)励(lì)学(xué)生(sheng)用(yòng)英(yīng)语(yǔ)对(duì)话(huà)，练(liàn)习(xí)口(kǒu)语(yǔ)表(biǎo)达(dá)。

The teacher encourages students to converse in English to practice their spoken expression.

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对
duì

right; correct; towards; at; for

话
huà

words; speech; talk; what sb said; language; dialect

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