Chinese Character 話 (waa6 waa6*2 | hua4) : speech; words; sayings

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話
waa6 waa6*2 hua4
[1] speech (n); talk (n); conversation; words; sayings [2] speak (v); talk (v); converse (v); say (v) [3] language; dialect [4] [Hakka] [v] advise; counsel [5] [Wu] say; tell [6][粵][final particle][waa6*2] usually used for asking someone to repeat what was just said Stroke count: 13 Level: 2 Radical: (#149)
話 / 话
Don't confuse with: 活
This character was last edited on 16th Apr 2008
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大話 daai6 waa6 = lie, deceit 電話 din6 waa62 dian4 hua4 = telephone; phone call; phone number 正話 zing3 waa6 = just now; a moment ago粵話時話 waa6 si4 waa6 = by the way; incidentally粵廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa62 guang3 dong1 hua4 = Cantonese language 講大話 gong2 daai6 waa6 = to lie 廣府話 gwong2 fu2 waa62 guang3 fu3 hua4 = Cantonese language 廣州話 gwong2 zau1 waa62 guang3 zhou1 hua4 = Cantonese language 聽話 teng1 waa6 ting1 hua4 = be obedient; do as told 唔聽話 m4 teng1 waa6 = disobedient; naughty粵 See all 190 compounds
Showing 10 of 24 examples containing 話我唔識講廣東話粵 edit I don't speak Cantonese. 我識聽廣東話粵 edit I understand [spoken] Cantonese. 呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵 edit How do you say this in Cantonese? 我將個手提電話擺喺度粵 edit I put my mobile phone here 我啲廣東話好到你唔信呀！粵 edit My Cantonese is better than you think! [bragging] 如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國 edit If it snows I will make a snowman! 你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國 edit If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents! 嗰部手提電話壞咗粵 edit That mobile phone is broken. [As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.] 先生話聽日唔使返學. 粵 edit The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow. 廣東話好難學粵 edit Cantonese is very difficult to learn. Show all 24 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 話
Unicode code for this character: U+8a71 (off-site link)

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