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话语

huà yǔ · hua yu

Traditional 話語

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. words
  2. speech
  3. utterance
  4. discourse
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In a conversation

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A birthday card

  1. Dengdeng

    这张(zhèzhāng)卡片(kǎpiàn)的(de)话语(huàyǔ)真(zhēn)温暖(wēnnuǎn)！

    The words on this card are really warm!

  2. Liangliang

    谢谢(xièxie)，这些(zhèxiē)话语(huàyǔ)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)了(le)一晚上(yīwǎnshang)。

    Thanks, I thought about these words all night.

  3. Dengdeng

    哪一句(nǎyījù)是(shì)你(nǐ)写(xiě)的(de)？

    Which line did you write?

  4. Liangliang

    嗯(ēn)……生日快乐(shēngrìkuàilè)。

    Um, happy birthday.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)这(zhè)四个(sìgè)字(zì)是(shì)印好(yìnhǎo)的(de)！

    But those four characters are pre-printed!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

人(rén)们(men)说(shuō)得(de)好(hǎo)，音(yīn)乐(yuè)是(shì)天(tiān)使(shǐ)的(de)话(huà)语(yǔ)。

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jiangche · English by carlosalberto · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)说(shuō)话(huà)时(shí)语(yǔ)气(qì)温(wēn)和(hé)，话(huà)语(yǔ)里(lǐ)充(chōng)满(mǎn)关(guān)心(xīn)。

He spoke in a gentle tone, and his words were full of concern.

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