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话

huà · hua

Traditional 話 / 諙

HSK 1Measure words: 种 zhǒng, 席 xí, 句 jù, 口 kǒu, 番 fān

Meaning

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huà 話

  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

huà 諙

  1. old variant of 話 / 话 (huà)
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In a conversation

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Nobody says a word

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)不(bù)说话(shuōhuà)？

    Why are you not talking?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)听(tīng)你(nǐ)说话(shuōhuà)呀(ya)。

    I am listening to you talk.

  3. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)也(yě)没(méi)说话(shuōhuà)。

    But I am not talking either.

  4. Liangliang

    对(duì)啊(a)，我们(wǒmen)两个人(liǎnggèrén)都(dōu)不(bù)说话(shuōhuà)。

    Right, neither of us is talking.

  5. Dengdeng

    要不(yàobù)我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)打(dǎ)个(gè)电话(diànhuà)？

    How about I give you a call?

  6. Liangliang

    打(dǎ)电话(diànhuà)？我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)坐在(zuòzài)一起(yīqǐ)！

    A call? We are sitting together!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)有(yǒu)说(shuō)完(wán)话(huà)，就(jiù)被(bèi)他(tā)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)。

She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)公(gōng)车(chē)上(shàng)，一(yí)个(gè)陌(mò)生(shēng)人(rén)和(hé)我(wǒ)说(shuō)了(le)话(huà)。

A stranger spoke to me on the bus.

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

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