说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
说话
shuōhuà
to talk, to speak
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 请不要说话。 Qǐng búyào shuōhuà. Please don't talk.
- 老师在说话。 Lǎoshī zài shuōhuà. The teacher is speaking.
- 我在跟朋友说话。 Wǒ zài gēn péngyou shuōhuà. I'm talking with a friend.
- 别在这儿说话。 Bié zài zhèr shuōhuà. Don't talk here.
- 你跟谁说话呢？ Nǐ gēn shéi shuōhuà ne? Who are you talking to?
- 老师请学生说话。 Lǎoshī qǐng xuésheng shuōhuà. The teacher asks the students to speak.
- 她不喜欢说话。 Tā bù xǐhuan shuōhuà. She doesn't like talking.
- 妈妈和姐姐说话。 Māma hé jiějie shuōhuà. Mom is talking with my older sister.
- 小王还在说话。 Xiǎo Wáng hái zài shuōhuà. Xiao Wang is still talking.
Related words
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 据说 jùshuō it is said that
- 说不定 shuōbudìng maybe
- 说服 shuōfú to persuade
- 一般来说 yìbān lái shuō generally speaking
- 说法 shuōfǎ way of saying something
- 解说 jiěshuō to explain