話 (huà)

speech; talk; language; words

How 話 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
言 — speech
Traditional
話
Simplified
话

Common words using 話

大話骰 dàhuàtóu
liar's dice (dice game)
的話 dehuà
if (coming after a conditional clause)
說話 shuōhuà
to speak; to say; to talk
電話 diànhuà
telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call
俗話 súhuà
common saying; proverb
假話 jiǎhuà
a lie; untrue statement; misstatement
壞話 huàihuà
unpleasant talk; malicious words
夢話 mènghuà
talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality
好話 hǎohuà
words of praise; to speak well of
實話 shíhuà
truth
對話 duìhuà
dialog; CL:個|个[ge4]
廢話 fèihuà
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words

話 in a sentence

請你說話大聲一點。

Qǐng nǐ shuōhuà dàshēng yìdiǎn.

“Please speak a little louder.”

How common is 話?

話 is the 170th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 52.4% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 話

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