diàn huà
telephone
CL:部[bu4]
phone call
CL:通[tong1]
phone number
de huà
if (coming after a conditional clause)
huà tí
subject (of a talk or conversation)
topic
huà
dialect
language
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said
CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
shuō huà
to speak
to say
to talk
to gossip
to tell stories
talk
word
jiǎng huà
a speech
to speak
to talk
to address
CL:個|个[ge4]
huà shuō
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
to discuss
to recount
kōng huà
empty talk
bunk
malicious gossip
huài huà
unpleasant talk
malicious words
huì huà
conversation
CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
hǎo huà
words of praise
to speak well of
tán huà
talk
conversation
CL:次[ci4]
shén huà
legend
fairy tale
myth
mythology
xiào huà
joke
jest
CL:個|个[ge4]
to laugh at
to mock
bái huà
spoken language
vernacular
huà yǔ
words
speech
utterance
discourse
zāng huà
profanity
obscene language
speaking rudely
qíng huà
terms of endearment
words of love
tào huà
polite phrase
conventional greetings
cliché
to try to worm facts out of sb
fèi huà
nonsense
rubbish
superfluous words
You don't say!
No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
huà yīn
one's speaking voice
tone
implication
èr huà
objection
differing opinion
pǔ tōng huà
Mandarin (common language)
Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
ordinary speech
xián huà
digression
gossip
complaint
scandal
CL:段[duan4]
xián huà
variant of 閒話|闲话
digression
gossip
complaint
scandal
CL:段[duan4]
tīng huà
to do what one is told
obedient
huà tǒng
microphone
(telephone) receiver
handset
huà jù
stage play
modern drama
CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
guǐ huà
lie
false words
nonsense
CL:篇[pian1]
tōng huà
to hold a conversation
to talk over the telephone
phone call
yī xí huà
the content of a conversation
words
remarks
qiāo qiao huà
whisperings
private words
confidences
sweet nothings
huà shuō huí lai
returning to our main topic,...
that said,...
again,...
in this connection
in passing
nevertheless,...
anyhow
èr huà bù shuō
not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
without demur
xīn li huà
(to express one's) true feelings
what is on one's mind
secret mind
sú huà shuō
as the proverb says
as they say...
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