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HSK
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
in a word; in short
HSK 5
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
joke; jest (CL:個|个) / to laugh at; to mock / ridiculous; absurd
HSK 2
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
children's fairy tales
HSK 4
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
HSK 4
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
truth
HSK 7-9
harsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks
Beijing dialect
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *话* | 话* | *话
old variant of 話|话
HSK 1
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
HSK 7-9
foreign languages
automatic telephone exchange
lie
HSK 7-9
public phone / CL:
terms of endearment / words of love
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
to reply
to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message
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)
the content of a conversation / words / remarks
(spoken) Chinese language
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
(language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL: 個|个,
irony / ironic remark
empty promises
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
Cantonese language
proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
Hakka dialect
demoralizing talk
"officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin
to pass on a story / to communicate a message
to reply / to answer
a lie / untrue statement / misstatement
mobile telephone
words of politeness / politesse / decorous talking / talk with propriety
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
one's words carry an implicit meaning
witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre
mobile telephone
obscenities / lewd talk
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone
cheesy pick-up lines
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
to gossip / to make unfavorable comments
nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
spoken language / vernacular
ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment
vulgar language; coarse language
unpleasant talk / malicious words
(dialect) to chat
to admonish subordinates
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity
vernacular / slang / dialect / patois
to sneer / to make cynical remarks / sarcastic talk
long-distance phone call
to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word
Grimm's Fairy Tales
jargon / language of the trade
corny joke
Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
to speak honestly (idiom)
Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
international call
an old saying
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话)
videophone
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
bullshit; nonsense
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
to discuss together
colloquial speech
conventional greeting; polite formula
obscene speech; crude language
to fail to keep to one's word / to break a promise
profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
Taiwanese Hokkien
(fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere; two-faced
to talk officiously / to assume the air of a functionary / to talk in official jargon

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