话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
话
huà
speech, words
Character
Example phrases
- 他的话很多。 Tā de huà hěn duō. He talks a lot.
- 这些话我都明白。 Zhèxiē huà wǒ dōu míngbai. I understand all of these words.
- 我不会说中国话。 Wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngguóhuà. I can't speak Chinese.
- 老师的话我记住了。 Lǎoshī de huà wǒ jìzhù le. I've remembered the teacher's words.
- 妈妈的话很对。 Māma de huà hěn duì. Mom's words are right.
- 那些话很难。 Nàxiē huà hěn nán. Those words are very difficult.
- 他没说话。 Tā méi shuōhuà. He didn't say anything.
- 上课的时候谁说话了？ Shàngkè de shíhou shéi shuōhuà le? Who was talking during class?
- 王明说的话你明白吗？ Wáng Míng shuō de huà nǐ míngbai ma? Do you understand what Wang Ming says?
- 老人的话很有用。 Lǎorén de huà hěn yǒuyòng. The elderly man's words are very useful.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 的话 dehuà if (after a condition)
- 对话 duìhuà dialogue
- 讲话 jiǎnghuà to speak; to talk
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 笑话 xiàohuà joke
- 笑话儿 xiàohuar joke; silly talk
- 话剧 huàjù stage play
- 话题 huàtí topic
- 谈话 tánhuà to have a conversation