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说话

shuō huàㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: THUYẾT THOẠI

Traditional: 說話

HSK 1HSK 3.0 · 1TOCFL 1

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

说话 is verb-object and takes no further object: “speak Chinese” is 说汉语.

Examples

  • 上课时不要说话。

    shàng kè shí bú yào shuō huà.

    Don't talk in class.

  • 他说话很慢。

    tā shuō huà hěn màn.

    He speaks very slowly.

  • 我想跟你说话。

    wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ shuō huà.

    I want to talk to you.

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Stroke order

THUYẾT · 9 strokes

to persuade

THOẠI · 8 strokes

dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

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