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

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