话剧

Character by character

• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect
• 剧jù10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 劇theatrical plays, opera, drama

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 话剧. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 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

• 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

• 剧jùHSK 6

  theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 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

• 悲剧bēi jùHSK 5

  tragedy

• 实话shí huàHSK 7

  truth

• 笑话xiào huaHSK 2

  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

• 电视剧diàn shì jùHSK 3

  TV series; TV drama

• 剧本jù běnHSK 5

  script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario

• 戏剧xì jùHSK 5

  a drama; a play; theater; script of a play

• 喜剧xǐ jùHSK 5

  comedy

• 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