说话 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 说话 hsk 2

说话 (說話)

Definition to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word

Usage

中文释义 ❶（－∥－）〈动〉用语言表达意思：不要～｜感动得说不出话来。❷（～儿）（－∥－）〈动〉闲谈：找他～儿去｜说了半天话儿。❸（－∥－）〈动〉指责；非议：要把事情做好，否则人家要～了。❹〈副〉说话的一会儿时间，指时间相当短：你稍等一等，我～就来。❺〈动〉唐宋时代的一种民间技艺，以讲述故事为主，跟现在的说书相同。

Characters 说 (說) shuō/shuì 话 (話) huà

COMMON WORDS WITH 说话
	说实话 ( 說實話 ) shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly ( 說實話 )
	说说话 ( 說說話 ) shuō shuō huà say something ( 說說話 )
	说话声 ( 說話聲 ) shuō huà shēng voice / sound of conversation / sound of talk ( 說話聲 )
	说闲话 ( 說閒話 ) shuō xián huà make idle talk / talk behind sb.'s back / gossip / trash-talk / dish the dirt ( 說閒話 )
	说来话长 ( 說來話長 ) shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly ( 說來話長 )
	说老实话 ( 說老實話 ) shuō lǎo shí huà to tell the truth / to be honest ( 說老實話 )
	说笑话 ( 說笑話 ) shuō xiào huà break a jest ( 說笑話 )
	说梦话 ( 說夢話 ) shuō mèng huà talk in one's dream / talk nonsense / talk in sleep ( 說夢話 )
	说胡话 ( 說胡話 ) shuō hú huà Nonsense ( 說胡話 )
	说瞎话 ( 說瞎話 ) shuō xiā huà Nonsense ( 說瞎話 )
	自说自话 ( 自說自話 ) zì shuō zì huà say to oneself ( 自說自話 )
	说大话 ( 說大話 ) shuō dà huà talk big / brag / boast / draw the long bow ( 說大話 )
	打开天窗说亮话 ( 打開天窗說亮話 ) dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà not to mince words / not to beat about the bush ( 打開天窗說亮話 )
	说怪话 ( 說怪話 ) shuō guài huà Strange things ( 說怪話 )
	说空话 ( 說空話 ) shuō kōng huà have empty talk ( 說空話 )
	说鬼话 ( 說鬼話 ) shuō guǐ huà Nonsense ( 說鬼話 )
	空口说白话 ( 空口說白話 ) kōng kǒu shuō bái huà to make empty promises ( 空口說白話 )
	说话算数 ( 說話算數 ) shuō huà suàn shù to keep one's promise / to mean what one says ( 說話算數 )
	说话算话 ( 說話算話 ) shuō huà suàn huà to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says ( 說話算話 )
	站着说话不腰疼 ( 站著說話不腰疼 ) zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom) / to be an armchair expert / to blabber on ( 站著說話不腰疼 )

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