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说话

shuō huà · shuo hua

Traditional 說話

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to speak
  2. to say
  3. to talk
  4. to gossip
  5. to tell stories
  6. talk
  7. word
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In a conversation

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The sleeping baby

  1. Liangliang

    嘘(xū)，宝宝(bǎobao)睡着(shuìzháo)了(le)，小声(xiǎoshēng)说话(shuōhuà)。

    Shh, the baby is asleep. Talk quietly.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)小声(xiǎoshēng)说话(shuōhuà)。

    Okay, I'll talk quietly.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)什么(shénme)？我(wǒ)听(tīng)不到(bùdào)！

    What did you say? I can't hear you!

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)说(shuō)，你(nǐ)说话(shuōhuà)太(tài)大声(dàshēng)了(le)，宝宝(bǎobao)要(yào)醒(xǐng)了(le)！

    I said you are talking too loudly. The baby is going to wake up!

  5. Liangliang

    哎呀(āiyā)，对不起(duìbuqǐ)。我们(wǒmen)出去(chūqù)说话(shuōhuà)吧(ba)。

    Oops, sorry. Let's go outside to talk.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)家(jiā)宝(bǎo)宝(bǎo)还(hái)不(bú)会(huì)说(shuō)话(huà)。

Our baby cannot talk yet.

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

02

安(ān)德(dé)里(lǐ)亚(yà)，说(shuō)话(huà)注(zhù)意(yì)点(diǎn)，小(xiǎo)心(xīn)隔(gé)墙(qiáng)有(yǒu)耳(ěr)。

Be careful what you say, Andrea; the walls have ears.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by arnxy20 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment

话
huà

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

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