話

huà

speech, talk, language; dialect

How to write 話, stroke by stroke

dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; old variant of 话

Ideographic: A spoken 言 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 言 + 舌

的話de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
電話diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number
說話shuō huàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
打電話dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
說實話shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
談話tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation
廢話fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
講話jiǎng huàa speech; to speak; to talk; to address
笑話xiào huajoke; jest (个); to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd
話題huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
對話duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
實話shí huàtruth

他一坐下，就拿起了電話。
tā yí zuò xià ， jiù ná qǐ le diàn huà 。
As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.
我只能代表我自己講話。
wǒ zhǐ néng dài biǎo wǒ zì jǐ jiǎng huà 。
I can only speak for myself.
她不想跟任何人說話。
tā bù xiǎng gēn rèn hé rén shuō huà 。
She didn't want to speak to anyone.
她現在很忙，不能和你談話。
tā xiàn zài hěn máng ， bù néng hé nǐ tán huà 。
She is busy at present and can't speak to you.
實話從小孩及酒鬼口中出。
shí huà cóng xiǎo hái jí jiǔ guǐ kǒu zhōng chū 。
Children and drunks tell the truth.