闲话
xiánhuà
gossip; idle talk; to gossip
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
- 面对办公室里的闲话，她选择用稳定的业绩来回应。 Miànduì bàngōngshì lǐ de xiánhuà, tā xuǎnzé yòng wěndìng de yèjì lái huíyìng. Faced with office gossip, she chose to respond with steady performance.
- 退休后，爷爷奶奶常坐在门口说闲话。 Tuìxiū hòu, yéye nǎinai cháng zuò zài ménkǒu shuō xiánhuà. After retiring, grandpa and grandma often sit at the doorway chatting idly.
- 别把宝贵时间浪费在闲话上，多看点书吧。 Bié bǎ bǎoguì shíjiān làngfèi zài xiánhuà shàng, duō kàn diǎn shū ba. Don't waste precious time on idle talk; read more books instead.
Related words
- 闲 xián free; idle
- 休闲 xiūxián leisure
- 空闲 kòngxián free, leisure; free time
- 闲置 xiánzhì to leave unused; to stand idle
- 悠闲 yōuxián leisurely; carefree
- 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