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说话 (shuō huà): Speak (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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说 • shuō • speak • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

shuō说

speak

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话 • huà • speech, talk, words

huà话

speech, talk, words

HSK 2 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 说话.

颜色yán sècolour
生日shēng rìbirthday
孩子hái zichild; children
意思yì simeaning
弟弟dì diyounger brother
右边yòu bianon the right
报纸bào zhǐnewspaper
起床qǐ chuángget up (out of bed)
快乐kuài lèhappy
西瓜xī guāwatermelon
一下yī xià[used after a verb] give something a go
时间shí jiāntime

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 说话.

Words with 说

听说tīng shuōto hear (sth said)
再说zài shuōto say again
小说xiǎo shuōnovel
说明

shuō míng

to explain; instruction

说法shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings

说明书shuō míng shū(technical) manual

传说chuán shuōlegend; lore

据说jù shuōit is said; they say; allegedly

Words with 话

电话diàn huàtelephone
打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
的话de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
对话duì huàdialogue
笑话xiào huàjoke
话剧huà jùstage play
普通话pǔ tōng huàStandard Chinese [language]
实话shí huàtruth

4.

How to Use 说话 in Sentences

Auxiliary Verb + Verbwith会

huì会

shuō说

huà话

neutral

can speak

Verb + Complementwith快

shuō说

huà话

kuài快

Verb + Nounwith声音

shuō说

huà话

shēng声

yīn音

Adverb + Verbwith大声

dà大

shēng声

shuō说

huà话

5.

Example Sentences with 说话

qǐng请

xiǎo小

shēng声

shuō说

huà话

。

neutral

Spoken

speak quickly

neutral

speaking voice

neutral

speak loudly

Please speak quietly.

mā妈

ma妈

zài在

shuō说

huà话

。

Mom is speaking.

tā他

zhèng正

zài在

hé和

péng朋

you友

shuō说

huà话

。

He is speaking with a friend.

qǐng请

ān安

jìng静

，

lǎo老

shī师

zhèng正

zài在

shuō说

huà话

。

Please be quiet, the teacher is speaking.

tā他

zài在

huì会

yì议

shàng上

shuō说

huà话

hěn很

zhèng正

shì式

。

He speaks very formally at the meeting.