说话

說話

shuō huà

HSK 1freq #880

Meanings

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shuō huà

1.to speak
2.to say
3.to talk
4.to gossip
5.to tell stories
6.talk
7.word

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Wiktionary

1.to speak; to talk
2.to chat
3.to scold; to berate
4.to pray before a deity
5.soon; immediately
6.words; what one says
7.a genre of traditional storytelling
8.saying (Classifier: 句 c)
9.language; dialect

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Stroke order

Components

说讠兑

话讠舌

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

汤姆想说话。
Tom wants to speak.
她说话幼稚。
She talked childishly.
不要说话了。
Stop talking.
汤姆想说话。
Tom wants to talk.
汤姆开始说话。
Tom began talking.
你说话小点声。
Speak softly.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Derived terms

好說話好说话站著說話不腰疼站着说话不腰疼乜說話乜说话嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講嘢可以乱食，说话唔可以乱讲

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Related words

说话算话 to do as promised 说话算数 to keep one's promise; to mean what one says 说话不当话 to fail to keep to one's word 说话要算数 promises must be kept 站着说话不腰疼 (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on