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的话

de huà

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 的話

的话 (de huà) means "if (closes an "if" clause)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 的话 means

1. if (coming after a conditional clause)

The characters in 的话

• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 哪儿的话！
  Don't mention it.
• 她的话如下。
  Her words were as follows.
• 她的话很多。
  She talks a lot.

Words containing 的话

• 哪儿的话nǎ r de huà(colloquial) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it

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