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)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

話 / 话

Don't confuse with:
活

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:57

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大話 daai6 waa6 = lie, deceit

電話 din6 waa6*2 dian4 hua4 = telephone; phone call; phone number

正話 zing3 waa6 ; zeng3 waa6 = just now; a moment ago 粵

話時話 waa6 si4 waa6 ; waa6 si4 waa6*2 = by the way; incidentally 粵

廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa6*2 guang3 dong1 hua4 = Cantonese language

講大話 gong2 daai6 waa6 = to lie; to prevaricate 粵

電話號碼 din6 waa6*2 hou6 maa5 dian4 hua4 hao4 ma3 = telephone number

廣府話 gwong2 fu2 waa6*2 guang3 fu3 hua4 = Cantonese language

廣州話 gwong2 zau1 waa6*2 guang3 zhou1 hua4 = Cantonese language

聽話 teng1 waa6 ting1 hua4 = be obedient; do as told
See all 225 compounds (CantoDict reports 235 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 52 examples containing 話

我唔識講廣東話粵
I don't speak Cantonese.

我識聽廣東話粵
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.

你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

我識講廣東話。粵
I know how to speak Cantonese.

唔記得帶手提電話添！粵
Oh! I've forgotten to bring my mobile phone.

部手提電話冇晒電。粵
The mobile phone is out of battery.

呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵
How do you say this in Cantonese?

千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

我將個手提電話擺喺度粵
I put my mobile phone here

我啲廣東話好到你唔信呀！粵
My Cantonese is better than you think!
[bragging]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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

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