Chinese word dictionary

说话

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified说话

Traditional說話

Pinyinshuōhuà

Part of speech动

HSK 3.01

HSK 2.01

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

说shuō

to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid

话huà

talk, speech; language, dialect

How to learn 说话

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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diànhuà

telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number

说shuō

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說|说[shuo1]

的话dehuà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

对话duìhuà

to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

听说tīngshuō

to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking