Memory phrase for the character: 话
话
Meaning
spoken words, language, dialect, speech Pronunciation huà Explanation Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: tongue 舌 (Thousands 千 mouths 口 with tongues)
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"Words on the tongue" means: spoken words or language. Radicals
讠
word Traditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
舌
tongue
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的话 de huà
if (coming after a conditional clause)
亵渎的话
xiè dú de huà
blasphemy
话匣子 huà xiá zi
phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
电话簿 diàn huà bù
telephone directory
国际电报电话咨询委员会
Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huì
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
闲话 xián huà
digression; gossip; complaint; scandal; igression
笑话 xiào huà
joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
一句话 yī jù huà
in a word; in short
谈话 tán huà
talk; conversation
电话 diàn huà
telephone; phone call; phone number
讲话 jiǎng huà
a speech; to speak; to talk; to address
讲话 jiǎng huà
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