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说闲话 (shuō xián huà): To chat (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

说闲话 consists of 3 characters.

leisure, idle, unoccupied

speech, talk, words

Word Info

Pinyinshuō xián huà

Meaningto chat

Characters3

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0—

Syntaxverb

Word说闲话

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 说闲话.

Words with 说

说话shuō huàHSK 2
听说tīng shuōHSK 3
再说zài shuōHSK 4
小说xiǎo shuōHSK 4
说明shuō míngHSK 4
说法shuō fǎHSK 4
说明书shuō míng shūHSK 4
传说chuán shuōHSK 5

Words with 闲

休闲xiū xiánHSK 5
空闲kòng xiánHSK 5
闲话xián huàHSK 6
悠闲yōu xiánHSK 7-9
闲置xián zhìHSK 7-9
闲暇xián xiá

Words with 话

电话diàn huàHSK 1
打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1
说话shuō huàHSK 2
的话de huàHSK 3
对话duì huàHSK 4
笑话xiào huàHSK 4
话剧huà jùHSK 4
普通话

pǔ tōng huà

HSK 4

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Example Sentences with 说闲话

tā他

men们

jīng经

cháng常

zài在

bàn办

gōng公

shì室

lǐ里

shuō说

xián闲

huà话

。

They often gossip in the office.