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CHINESE CHARACTER

huà

话

话

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words; speech

Numbered pinyin
hua4
English meanings
words, thing, language, tongue, talk, speech, spoken_language, conversation, utterance, expression, story, tale, saying, natural language, sayings, word

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 舌.

  • Left

    讠
  • Right

    舌
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠舌

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    nǐ你shuō说dehuà的话yǒu有dàoli道理。

    What you said makes sense.

  2. 02

    tā他huà话bù不duō多。

    He doesn't talk much.

  3. 03

    shuō说yī一jù句zhēn真huà话。

    Tell the truth.

  4. 04

    wǒ我méi没tīng听dǒng懂tā他dehuà的话。

    I didn't understand what he said.

  5. 05

    bié别tīng听xìn信xián闲huà话。

    Don't believe gossip.

  6. 06

    tā他de的yìfān一番huà话ràng让wǒ我gǎndòng感动。

    His words moved me.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 一句话
  • 不像话
  • 俗话
  • 俗话说
  • 听话
  • 实话
  • 实话实说
  • 对话
  • 废话
  • 心里话
  • 打电话
  • 无话可说
  • 普通话
  • 电话
  • 的话
  • 神话
  • 童话
  • 笑话
  • 笑话儿
  • 讲话
  • 话剧
  • 话筒
  • 话语
  • 话费
  • 话题
  • 说实话
  • 说老实话
  • 说话
  • 说闲话
  • 谈话
  • 谎话
  • 通话