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to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
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  *話* | 話* | *話
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
joke; jest (CL:個|个) / to laugh at; to mock / ridiculous; absurd
HSK 2
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
in a word; in short
HSK 5
legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
HSK 4
subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
HSK 3
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
stage play / modern drama / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 3
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
children's fairy tales
HSK 4
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
truth
HSK 7-9
topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
corny joke
mobile telephone
colloquial speech
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
HSK 7-9
to gossip / to make unfavorable comments
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
as the proverb says / as they say...
HSK 7-9
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
to make sense
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
telephone directory
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
vernacular / slang / dialect / patois
(fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere; two-faced
irony / ironic remark
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone
lie
HSK 7-9
Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
Cantonese language
pep talk
microphone / (telephone) receiver; handset / megaphone / (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
HSK 7-9
(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
phonograph or radio (old term) / chatterbox / talkative person
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
telephone set
(spoken) Chinese language
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message
writings in the vernacular
plum candy / preserved plum
call charge
HSK 7-9
to ask sb a question / question
Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China
to sneer / to make cynical remarks / sarcastic talk
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
bilateral talks
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
"officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin
(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
a lie / untrue statement / misstatement
public phone / CL:
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
messenger / communicator / relay
foolish talk / nonsense
native language / native dialect
free verse in the vernacular
to reminisce
(telephony) long-distance call charge
to reply
intercom
Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语
mythical story; myth
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment
megaphone
to speak one's mind
walkie-talkie
cheesy pick-up lines
to phone sb up
to talk endlessly on the phone
(telephone) conference call
telephone line
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
conventional greeting; polite formula
to start talking
Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语 spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门 and in the Chinatowns of North America
mobile phone (Tw)
exaggeration
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words

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