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
话语
huàyǔ
discourse; words/speech
Characters in this word
语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在国际舆论场中，弱势群体常常缺乏表达自身经验的话语权。 Zài guójì yúlùnchǎng zhōng, ruòshì qúntǐ chángcháng quēfá biǎodá zìshēn jīngyàn de huàyǔquán. In the international public sphere, disadvantaged groups often lack the discursive power to express their own experience.
- 朋友的几句话语让我重新有了信心。 Péngyou de jǐ jù huàyǔ ràng wǒ chóngxīn yǒu le xìnxīn. A few words from my friend gave me confidence again.
- 他的话语很温和，听起来让人放松。 Tā de huàyǔ hěn wēnhé, tīng qǐlái ràng rén fàngsōng. His words are gentle and sound relaxing.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 话 huà speech, words
- 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