話 (waa6 waa2 | hua4) : word; talk; speak; language

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話

waa6 waa2

hua4

[粵] waa6 | [國] hua4
[1] [n] word; talk; speech
[2] [v] talk; speak; tell
[3] [粵] [v] advise; persuade; admonish
[4] [粵] [v] think; consider; see

[粵] waa2 | [國] hua4
[n] language; dialect

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

話 / 话

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This word has been viewed 33089 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Sep 2013 15:09

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大話 daai6 waa6 da4 hua4 = [粵]lie; [國] big talk

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

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

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

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

廢話 fai3 waa6*2 fei4 hua4 = nonsense

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 240 compounds (CantoDict reports 250 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 55 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]

如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國
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
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

嗰部手提電話壞咗粵
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]

先生話聽日唔使返學。粵
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.

廣東話好難學粵
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.

你啲廣東話進步咗好多！粵
Your Cantonese has improved a lot!

請留低電話號碼粵
Please leave a telephone number.

學廣東話好好玩。粵
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.

我能說一點普通話國
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

天氣預告話聽日有驟雨。粵
The weather forecast says it will shower tomorrow.

點先可以學好廣東話呢？粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well?
[點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]

佢打咗電話畀醫生粵
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]

頭先佢話啲伙記已經出晒去粵
Just now he said all the delivery boys had gone out.

你唔要嘅話，可以送畀第二個粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else.
[Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]

雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係正衰人粵
She tells lie to me every time... she's a really horrible person.

佢次次都講大話，都畀我聽到… 粵
He's always telling lies which I hear.
[Lit. He time time also tells-lies, also give me listen]

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

老細話去邊﹐我哋就去邊。粵
We'll go wherever the boss says.
[Cantonese sentences often feature a balanced structure with repetitive wordings rather than a simple structure. ]

我每次見到佢﹐ 佢都係講緊電話。粵
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him.
[English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)]

噙晚你打過電話畀我粵
Last night you phoned me.

如果你有事的話 , 就不要來了。國
Don't come if you're busy.

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

你唔聽話, 就唔帶你去㗎喇! 粵
You better behave yourself else I won't take you there!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 carries a more threatening tone, but still serves as a reminder.]

佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
[From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]

講話唔使轉彎抹角粵
Don't have to beat about the bush when you talk.

靚女話要同你睇戲，你梗係𦧲飯應啦粵
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.

你再遲一點來的話我就要升天了! 國
Get here a second later and I'd be dead!

豈非天大的笑話！
Isn't that the biggest laughing stock?

人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]

有時廣東話講起上嚟都幾繑口粵
Sometimes Cantonese can be very hard to pronounce.

間酒店冇理由咁平格，話唔定啲房有鬼。粵
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms.
[Final particle 格 is the affective version of 㗎.]

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]

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