English
- speech, talk, language
- dialect
- (verb) in charge
- to say; to talk; to tell
- speech
- dialect
- language
- to scold mildly; to blame
- spoken words
- to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- language of a country or area
粵語
- 用言語表達
- 言語，某一個或一群人嘅説話
- 鬧；責罵；責怪；勸告
- 覺得；認為
- 語言，通常配上字詞指定某個語言，有幾種使用配搭就係含糊嘅講法（量詞：隻／種）
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 話
- 電話din6 waa2
telephone
- 對話deoi3 waa6
to talk (with sb)
- 行話hong4 waa2
jargon
- 好話hou2 waa6
friendly advice
- 的話dik1 waa6
if (coming after a conditional clause)
- 講話gong2 waa6
a speech
- 話題waa6 tai4
subject (of a talk or conversation)
- 談話taam4 waa6
to talk (with sb)
- 後話hau6 waa6
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
- 話之waa6 zi1
cannot bother; ignore (spoken)
- 又話jau6 waa6
say also; referring to things one said before, similar to saying "didn't you say…?"
- 想話soeng2 waa6
thinking of… (doing something); want to say
- 神話san4 waa2
legend
- 笑話siu3 waa2
joke; jest
- 話事waa6 si6
(verb) to be in charge of a situation; to be in command; to take charge of a situation; to call the shots
- 像話zoeng6 waa6
proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
- 正話zing3 waa6
(adverb) a moment before; a moment ago; just now
- 話名waa6 meng2
in the name of (spoken)
- 反話faan2 waa2
irony
- 話事人waa6 si6 jan1
(coll.) (from Cantonese) the boss; the big cheese; the top dog
- 話低waa6 dai1
leave a message (spoken)
- 狗話gau2 waa2
bullshit; nonsense [colloquial]
- 通話tung1 waa6
to hold a conversation
- 童話tung4 waa2
children's fairy tales