无话可说
wúhuàkěshuō
to have nothing to say; to be speechless
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
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
Example phrases
- 你的理由太充分了，我完全无话可说。 Nǐ de lǐyóu tài chōngfèn le, wǒ wánquán wúhuà kěshuō. Your argument is so convincing that I have nothing at all to say.
- 比赛输了以后，队员们个个无话可说。 Bǐsài shūle yǐhòu, duìyuánmen gègè wúhuà kěshuō. After losing the match, the team members all had nothing to say.
- 朋友们一直安慰他，他却只是沉默着，无话可说。 Péngyǒumen yīzhí ānwèi tā, tā què zhǐshì chénmòzhe, wúhuà kěshuō. His friends kept comforting him, but he just stayed silent, with nothing to say.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title