说话

Character by character

• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 它说话。

  Tā shuō huà

  It speaks.

  Listen

• 我想说话

  Wǒ xiǎng shuō huà

  I want to speak.

  Listen

• 她不说话。

  Tā bù shuō huà

  She doesn't talk.

  Listen

• 他说话了。

  Tā shuō huà le

  He spoke.

  Listen

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 说话. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 话huàHSK 1

  dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2

  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 一句话yī jù huàHSK 5

  in a word; in short

• 谈话tán huàHSK 3

  to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation

• 传说chuán shuōHSK 3

  legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōHSK 7

  in other words; that is to say; so; thus

• 对话duì huàHSK 2

  to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

• 据说jù shuōHSK 3

  it is said that; reportedly

• 实话shí huàHSK 7

  truth

• 笑话xiào huaHSK 2

  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

• 说不定shuō bu dìngHSK 4

  can't say for sure; maybe

• 说服shuō fúHSK 4

  to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]