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HSK
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
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
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
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
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
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)
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
(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
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
bilateral talks
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
"officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin
a lie / untrue statement / misstatement
public phone / CL:
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
foolish talk / nonsense
native language / native dialect
to reply
intercom
Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment
cheesy pick-up lines
to phone sb up
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
conventional greeting; polite formula
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
terms of endearment / words of love
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) / don't mention it
Hakka dialect
Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕
harsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks
to reply / to answer
radio telephony / wireless telephone
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
angry words / sth said in the moment of anger
(Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
to interrupt (sb speaking) / interruption / digression
to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
biting words / stinging words
to pour out obscenities / filthy mouthed
spoken language / vernacular
one's words carry an implicit meaning
obscenities / lewd talk
to pass on a story / to communicate a message
Grimm's Fairy Tales
to leave a message
(of sb's words) to count / can be trusted
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
jargon / language of the trade
witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话)
foreign languages
off-topic comment; digression
neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call

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