"话" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 话
话
- Traditional
- 諙
- Radical
- 言 (7 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- IVHJR 戈女竹十口
- Wubi
- YTDG
- GB 2312
- BBB0
- Unicode
- U+8BDD
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 话题 話題 | subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic | ||
| 话说 話說 | It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss / to recount | ||
| 话语 話語 | words / speech / utterance / discourse | syn | |
| 话音 話音 | one's speaking voice / tone / implication | syn | |
| 话费 話費 | call charge | syn | |
| 话筒 話筒 | microphone / (telephone) receiver / handset / megaphone / (fig.) mouthpiece / spokesperson | syn | |
| 话剧 話劇 | stage play / modern drama / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] | syn | |
| 话头 話頭 | subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument) | syn | |
| 话锋 話鋒 | topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation | syn | |
| 话别 話別 | to say a few parting words / to bid goodbye | syn | |
| 话梅 話梅 | plum candy / preserved plum | ||
| 话本 話本 | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories | ||
| 话柄 話柄 | a pretext for gossip / a matter for derision | syn | |
| 话茬 話茬 | tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion | ||
| 话旧 話舊 | to reminisce | syn | |
| 话卡 話卡 | calling card (telephone) | ||
| 话痨 話癆 | chatterer | ||
| 话术 話術 | manipulative talk / (sales) patter / CL:套[tao4] | ||
| 话亭 話亭 | telephone booth | ||
| 话语权 話語權 | ability to have one's say and be listened to / influence / clout | ||
| 话务员 話務員 | phone operator | ||
| 话匣子 話匣子 | phonograph or radio (old term) / chatterbox / talkative person | syn | |
| 话茬儿 話茬兒 | erhua variant of 話茬|话茬[hua4 cha2] | ||
| 话事人 話事人 | (coll.) (from Cantonese) the boss / the big cheese / the top dog | ||
| 话里有话 話裡有話 | one's words carry an implicit meaning | syn | |
| 话中有话 話中有話 | one's words carry an implicit meaning | ||
| 话不投机 話不投機 | (idiom) the conversation is disagreeable | syn | |
| 话到嘴边 話到嘴邊 | to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind | ||
| 话多不甜 話多不甜 | too much talk is a nuisance (idiom) | ||
| 话锋一转 話鋒一轉 | to change the direction or tone of a conversation | ||
| 话里套话 話裡套話 | to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information / to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed | ||
| 话说回来 話說回來 | (but) then again / (but) on the other hand | ||
| 话虽如此 話雖如此 | be that as it may | ||
| 话中有刺 話中有刺 | one's words carry barbs / one's remarks are sarcastic |