话
Meaning
- dialect
- language
- spoken words
Measure word
种 zhǒng or 席 xí or 句 jù or 口 kǒu or 番 fān
Example sentence
话在嘴边
It's on the tip of my tongue.
The character 话
话 is 讠, speech, beside 舌, a tongue — words as they leave the mouth. 说话 to talk, 电话 the telephone, 普通话 the common speech, 笑话 a joke; tacked onto a clause, 的话 turns it into an if.
Words containing 话
- 打电话 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call
- 电话 diàn huà telephone
- 说话 shuō huà to speak
- 的话 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause)
- 对话 duì huà to talk (with sb)
- 讲话 jiǎng huà a speech
- 普通话 pǔ tōng huà Putonghua; standard Mandarin
- 笑话 xiào hua joke; jest
- 笑话儿 xiào hua r erhua form of 笑话
- 话剧 huà jù stage play
- 话题 huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation)
- 谈话 tán huà to talk (with sb)
- 神话 shén huà legend
- 童话 tóng huà children's fairy tales