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telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
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
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
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
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
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
legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
HSK 4
children's fairy tales
HSK 4
in a word; in short
HSK 5
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
HSK 7-9
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
truth
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
lie
HSK 7-9
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
mobile phone (Tw)
(language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL: 個|个,
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
unpleasant talk / malicious words
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message
angry words / sth said in the moment of anger
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
questioning (a suspect) / interrogation
(spoken) Chinese language
terms of endearment / words of love
sneering / sarcasm / cynical remarks
Hakka dialect
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
"officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin
bullshit; nonsense
proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely
crazy talk / ravings / nonsense
demoralizing talk
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
to admonish subordinates
mobile telephone
notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
an old saying
spoken language / vernacular
one's words carry an implicit meaning
colloquial speech
to phone sb up
casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) / don't mention it
foolish talk / nonsense
to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word
to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
off-topic comment; digression
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
a lie / untrue statement / misstatement
to reply / to answer
objection / differing opinion
ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity
to interrupt (sb speaking) / interruption / digression
public phone / CL:
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
radio telephony / wireless telephone
conventional greeting; polite formula
to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says
to reply
words of politeness / politesse / decorous talking / talk with propriety
irony / ironic remark
to sneer / to make cynical remarks / sarcastic talk
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
one's words carry an implicit meaning
jargon / language of the trade
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre
to make empty promises
ridiculous talk / preposterous remark
Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
to leave word / to leave a message
the content of a conversation / words / remarks
videophone
to pass on a story / to communicate a message
long-distance call
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
playful talk / joking
digression
vernacular / slang / dialect / patois
harsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks

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