Word information
Simplified词话
Traditional詞話
Pinyincí huà
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
词话
cí huà · form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
Character breakdown
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
打电话dǎdiànhuà
to make a telephone call
电话diànhuàtelephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
词cíold variant of 詞|词[ci2]; word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
词典cídiǎndictionary; also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]; CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)