(shuō huà) - to speak, to talk, to chat in Mandarin
shuōhuàTraditional: 說話
Translation
to speak, to talk, to chat
Word origin
A compound of 說 (shuō) 'to speak' and 話 (huà) 'speech, words'. Both share the 言 (speech) radical: 說 adds the phonetic 兌, and 話 adds the phonetic 舌 (tongue). Together they mean to speak or to talk.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 說 (shuō, to speak: 言 + 兌) + 話 (huà, words: 言 + 舌)
Stroke order
说
话
Examples
。
Please do not talk.
。
He speaks very fast.
。
We are talking.
。
The little child has started learning to talk.
课。
Do not talk during class.
说话 (shuō huà) - to speak, to talk, to chat.
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