的话

Character by character

• 的de8 strokesHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
• 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.

Words with the same characters

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

• 的deHSK 1

  of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

• 话huàHSK 1

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

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 别的bié deHSK 1

  else; other

• 真的zhēn deHSK 1

  really, truly, indeed

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 目的mù dìHSK 2

  purpose; aim; goal; target; objective

• 有的yǒu deHSK 1

  (there are) some (who are...); some (exist)

• 的确dí quèHSK 4

  really; indeed

• 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

• 似的shì deHSK 4

  seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de]

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 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

• 对话duì huàHSK 2

  to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

• 实话shí huàHSK 7

  truth

• 笑话xiào huaHSK 2

  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

• 通话tōng huàHSK 6

  to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call

• 神话shén huàHSK 4

  legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology

• 童话tóng huàHSK 4

  children's fairy tales

• 废话fèi huàHSK 7

  nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

• 听话tīng huàHSK 7

  to do what one is told; obedient