说话
shuō huà
Pinyin

Definition

说话
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shuō huà
  1. to speak
  2. to say
  3. to talk
  4. to gossip
  5. to tell stories
  6. talk
  7. word

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

传说
chuán shuō
  1. 1 legend
  2. 2 folklore
  3. 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
  4. 4 they say that...
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
话
huà
  1. 1 dialect
  2. 2 language
  3. 3 spoken words
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 talk
  6. 6 words
  7. 7 conversation
  8. 8 what sb said
  9. 9 CL:種|种[zhǒng],席[xí],句[jù],口[kǒu],番[fān]
说
shuì
  1. 1 to persuade
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
俗话
sú huà
  1. 1 common saying
  2. 2 proverb
再说
zài shuō
  1. 1 to say again
  2. 2 to put off a discussion until later
  3. 3 moreover
  4. 4 what's more
  5. 5 besides
冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
坏话
huài huà
  1. 1 unpleasant talk
  2. 2 malicious words
实话
shí huà
  1. 1 truth
对话
duì huà
  1. 1 dialogue
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
小说
xiǎo shuō
  1. 1 novel
  2. 2 fiction
  3. 3 CL:本[běn],部[bù]
废话
fèi huà
  1. 1 nonsense
  2. 2 rubbish
  3. 3 superfluous words
  4. 4 You don't say!
  5. 5 No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
情话
qíng huà
  1. 1 terms of endearment
  2. 2 words of love
据说
jù shuō
  1. 1 it is said that
  2. 2 reportedly
普通话
pǔ tōng huà
  1. 1 Mandarin (common language)
  2. 2 Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
  3. 3 ordinary speech
的话
de huà
  1. 1 if (coming after a conditional clause)
神话
shén huà
  1. 1 legend
  2. 2 fairy tale
  3. 3 myth
  4. 4 mythology
童话
tóng huà
  1. 1 children's fairy tales
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock

Idioms (20)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
  3. 3 same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
  1. 1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
  2. 2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
  1. 1 to speak honestly (idiom)
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
  1. 1 to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to reason with sb in every way possible
是啥说啥
shì shá shuō shá
  1. 1 call a spade a spade (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
  1. 1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
  2. 2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
  1. 1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
众说纷揉
zhòng shuō fēn róu
  1. 1 lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ
  2. 2 controversial matters
众说纷纭
zhòng shuō fēn yún
  1. 1 opinions differ (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on

Sample Sentences

我的同学总是一直抱怨书读不完。宁做蚂蚁腿，不学麻雀嘴。一直说话不读书，当然读不完啦。
wǒ de tóngxué zǒngshì yīzhí bàoyuàn shū dú bù wán 。nìngzuòmǎyǐtuǐ,bùxuémǎquèzuǐ 。yīzhí shuōhuà bù dúshū ，dāngrán dú bù wán la 。
My classmate always complains there is too much to study. Do more and talk less. If you keep talking instead of studying, then of course you can't finish studying.
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最近，我去法国，到了一个商店进门之后呢，没有跟店员说话，结果我离开时，她非常的生气。
zuìjìn ，wǒ qù Fǎguó ，dào le yīgē shāngdiàn jìnmén zhīhòu ne ，méiyǒu gēn diànyuán shuōhuà ，jiéguǒ wǒ líkāi shí ，tā fēicháng de shēngqì 。
Lately, I went to France. After I went into a store, I didn't talk to the shopkeeper. Then when I left, she got very mad.
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他说话有口无心，别难过。
tā shuōhuà yǒukǒuwúxīn ，bié nánguò 。
He talks without thinking first. Don’t be sad.
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小孩说话有口无心。
xiǎohái shuōhuà yǒukǒuwúxīn 。
Kids talk without thinking first.
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他受过高等教育，所以说话很有礼貌。
tā shòu guò gāoděngjiàoyù ，suǒyǐ shuōhuà hěn yǒu lǐmào 。
He is highly educated, so he always speaks politely.
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:干脆不用说话了，没有文字的聊天还算是聊天吗？
gāncuì bùyòng shuōhuà le ，méiyǒu wénzì de liáotiān hái suànshì liáotiān ma ？
Might as well not chat then! Is a chat without text still a chat?
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他是一个友善的人，可是他说话说得很大声。
tā shì yīge yǒushàn de rén ，kěshì tā shuōhuà shuō de hěn dàshēng 。
Steve is a friendly person, but he speaks very loudly.
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走廊上说话小声点儿。
zǒuláng shàng shuōhuà xiǎoshēng diǎnr5 。
Please keep your voice down in the corridor.
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会捉老鼠的猫不叫，你别总是炫耀自己，多做事，少说话。
huìzhuōlǎoshǔdemāobùjiào ，nǐ bié zǒngshì xuànyào zìjǐ ，duō zuòshì ，shǎo shuōhuà 。
Still waters run deep. Don’t show off all the time. Do more and talk less.
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姐，哥哥说，你还不高兴，不想跟我说话。
jiě ，gēge shuō ，nǐ hái bù gāoxìng ，bù xiǎng gēn wǒ shuōhuà 。
Big sister, big brother said you are still not happy. Don’t want to talk to me.
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