话

huà

“Dialect” in Chinese is 话 (huà).

Other characters with the syllable hua: see all 9 →

Meaning

dialect
language
spoken words

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speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said
old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Example

打电话回家！

Call home!

From 电话 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 话

电话diànhuàtelephoneHSK 1 说话shuōhuàto speakHSK 1 打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone callHSK 1 的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)HSK 2 对话duìhuàto talk (with sb)HSK 2 讲话jiǎnghuàa speechHSK 2 笑话xiàohuajoke; jestHSK 2 普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard MandarinHSK 2

More HSK 1 characters

爱àito love; to be fond of; to likeHSK 1 八bāeightHSK 1 爸bàfatherHSK 1 吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)HSK 1 白báiBai ethnic groupHSK 1 百bǎihundredHSK 1 班bānteam; class; gradeHSK 1 半bànhalfHSK 1 帮bāngto helpHSK 1 包bāoto coverHSK 1

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