講話 (gong2 waa6 | jiang3 hua4) : to speak; to talk

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講話

gong2 waa6

jiang3 hua4

to speak; to talk | [粵]: 說話

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,720,000

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

講話 / 讲话

This word has been viewed 9839 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 17th Feb 2005 10:55 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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講 gong2 - say; speak
話 waa6 waa2 - word; talk; speak; language

1 compounds containing this word:

聽講話 - heard somebody said

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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.

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

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]

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