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Character Decomposition
话=讠+舌
Etymology
A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
dialect
language
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said
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Words with 话 461 total
to give orders · to spread news or rumors · to leak certain information intentionally放话fàng huàfoolish talk; nonsense蠢话chǔn huàto interrupt (sb speaking) · interruption · digression插话chā huàobjection · differing opinion二话èr huàvulgar language; coarse language粗话cū huàto pass on a story · to communicate a message传话chuán huàcrazy talk · ravings · nonsense疯话fēng huàugly talk · vulgarity · obscenity丑话chǒu huàform of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty词话cí huà(language learning) conversation · dialog · to converse (in a non-native language) · (computing) session会话huì huà
Idioms with 话 31 total
to be nothing difficult · to be a cinch不在话下bù zài huà xià(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief长话短说cháng huà duǎn shuō(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush打开天窗说亮话dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur二话不说èr huà bù shuōa bunch of nonsense · verbose and rambling废话连篇fèi huà lián piānto tell one lie after another (idiom) · to talk nonsense · bogus story鬼话连篇guǐ huà lián piān