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说话

shuō huà

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 說話

说话 (shuō huà) means "to speak". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 说话 means

1. to speak
2. to say
3. to talk
4. to gossip
5. to tell stories
6. talk
7. word

The characters in 说话

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 我想说话
  Wǒ xiǎng shuōhuà
  I want to speak.
• 它说话。
  It speaks.
• 他说话了。
  He spoke.
• 谁说话了？
  Who spoke?
• 她不说话。
  She doesn't talk.
• 他说话很快。
  He is speaking quickly.

Words starting with 说话

• 说话不当话shuō huà bù dàng huàto fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise
• 说话算数shuō huà suàn shùto keep one's promise; to mean what one says
• 说话算话shuō huà suàn huàto do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word
• 说话要算数shuō huà yào suàn shùpromises must be kept

Words containing 说话

• 站着说话不腰疼zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter…

Where 说话 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Everyday Actions (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuō huà correctly.
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