说话 (shuō huà): meaning and stroke order
说话 (shuō huà) means to speak, to say, to talk, to gossip, to tell stories, talk, word.
说话
- Simplified
- 说话
- Traditional
- 說話
- Pinyin
- shuō huà
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Stroke order of 说话
说
- shuì to persuade
- shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
- shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 說
Stroke by stroke
话
- huà dialect; language
- huà old variant of 話|话[hua4]
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 話
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Meaning of 说话
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shuō huà
Traditional 說話
- to speak
- to say
- to talk
- to gossip
- to tell stories
- talk
- word
Radicals of the characters
- 说
- Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 on the right
- 话
- Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 讠 on the left, 舌 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
说话 in our stories
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白露很生气，一个星期都没跟她说话。
Bái Lù hěn shēngqì yí gè xīngqī dōu méi gēn tā shuōhuà
Bai Lu was very angry and didn't speak to her for a whole week.
From the story That last piece HSK 3
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教室里不敢说话的孩子，在操场上喊得比谁都响。
jiàoshì lǐ bù gǎn shuōhuà de háizi zài cāochǎng shàng hǎn de bǐ shéi dōu xiǎng
The children who wouldn't speak in the classroom shouted louder than anyone on the court.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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有一天，妈妈在她的书包里发现了一张甜点班的收据，气得一晚上没跟她说话。
yǒu yì tiān māma zài tā de shūbāo lǐ fāxiàn le yì zhāng tiándiǎn bān de shōujù qì de yì wǎnshang méi gēn tā shuōhuà
One day her mother found a receipt for the course in her bag and was so angry she didn't speak to her all evening.
From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5
Stories using 说话
- That last piece HSK 3
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- An old bracelet HSK 6
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).