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huà
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

Measure word

  • sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse attested in use
  • zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts attested in use
  • duàn paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc attested in use
  • fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 话 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 话 Show the animation
Le caractère 諙 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Examples

  • “好人不长命”是句或真或假的老话。

    "The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.

  • “我可以用电话吗?”“请便。”

    "May I use the phone?" "Please feel free."

  • “电话响了。”“我去接。”

    "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."

  • “电话响了。”“我来接。”

    "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."

  • 「你们俩怎么认识的呀?」「说来话长。」

    "How did you two meet?" "It's a long story."

  • 10分钟后,他们换了个新话题。

    After ten minutes, they passed on to a new topic.

  • 23点我打电话给她的时候,她已经去睡觉了。

    She had already gone to bed when I phoned her at 11:00 p.m.

All example sentences with 话

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