說話

See also: 说话

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (說話/説話)		說/説	話
simp. (说话)		说	话
anagram		話說／话说

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuōhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so² hua⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фә хуа (fə hua, I-III) / шә хуа (šə hua, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ waa⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soeh-ōe / serh-ōe / seh-ōe / soeh-ōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁴ uê⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷seq ⁶gho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuohuà
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: shwō-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuohuah
    • Palladius: шохуа (šoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: so² hua⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so xua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so²¹ xua²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фә хуа (fə hua, I-III) / шә хуа (šə hua, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fə²⁴ xua⁴⁴/, /ʂə²⁴ xua⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: шә хуа - dialectal.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ waa⁶
    • Yale: syut wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ waː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeh'oe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: serh-uē
    • IPA (Hui'an): /sə(ʔ)⁴ ue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: seh-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seh'oe
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeh'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêh⁴ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq ⁶gho
    • MiniDict: seh^入 gho^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq ³hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁴⁴  ɦo²³/

Verb

說話

1. to speak; to talk

   來不及說話／来不及说话  ―  láibùjí shuōhuà  ―  to not have a chance to speak

   他是南方人，所以一張口說話就帶有南方口音。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是南方人，所以一张口说话就带有南方口音。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì nánfāngrén, suǒyǐ yī zhāngkǒu shuōhuà jiù dàiyǒu nánfāng kǒuyīn. [Pinyin]

   He is from the South, so when he opens his mouth to speak, you can hear his Southern accent.

   這個人說話太霸氣了！ [MSC, trad.]
   这个人说话太霸气了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge rén shuōhuà tài bàqì le! [Pinyin]

   The way this person speaks is too aggressive!

2. to chat
3. to scold; to berate
4. (Teochew) to pray before a deity

Synonyms

• (to speak):

Dialectal synonyms of 說話 (“to speak; to talk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說話, 講話
Mandarin	Beijing	說話, 言語
	Taiwan	說話, 講話
	Yantai (Muping)	說話
	Jinan	說話
	Wanrong	說話, 言傳
	Xi'an	說話
	Lanzhou	說話
	Ürümqi	說話
	Wuhan	說話
	Chengdu	說話, 開腔
	Yangzhou	講話, 說話
	Nanjing	講話, 說話
	Hefei	講話
	Malaysia	講話, 說話
	Singapore	講話, 說話
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	說話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講說話, 講話
	Hong Kong	講嘢, 講說話
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	講話
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	講嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	講話
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	講嘢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	講話
	Dongguan	講嘢, 講話
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	講嘢
	Yangjiang	講事話, 講話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
Gan	Nanchang	話事
	Lichuan	話事
	Pingxiang	講事, 話事
Hakka	Meixian	講話, 講事, 話事
	Xingning	話事
	Huidong (Daling)	話事
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	講話
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	講話
	Wengyuan	講話
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	話事
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	話事
	Liannan	講話
	Jiexi	講話
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	講話
	Changting	話事
	Wuping	講話
	Wuping (Yanqian)	話事
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講話
	Liancheng	話事, 講事
	Ninghua	話事
	Yudu	話事
	Ningdu	話事
	Ruijin	話事
	Shicheng	話事
	Shangyou (Shexi)	話事
	Tonggu (Sandu)	話事
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	話事
	Dayu	話事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講話, 講事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講事
	Hong Kong	講話
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	講話
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	講話
	Xinyi (Sihe)	講話
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	講話
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	講話
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	講話
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	講話
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	講話
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	講話
	Mengshan (Xihe)	講話
	Senai (Huiyang)	講話
Huizhou	Jixi	講話
	Shexian	講話
	Tunxi	講話
	Xiuning	講話
	Yixian	講話
	Qimen	講話
	Wuyuan	講話
Jin	Taiyuan	說話
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	話事
	Songxi	話事
	Zhenghe	話事
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	話事, 講事
	Jianyang	話事
	Wuyishan	話事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講話
	Changle	講話
	Lianjiang	講話
	Fuqing	講話
	Pingtan	講話
	Yongtai	講話
	Minqing	講話
	Gutian	講話
	Pingnan	講話
	Luoyuan	講話
	Fu'an	講話
	Ningde	講話
	Xiapu	講話
	Zherong	講話
	Shouning	講話
	Zhouning	講話
	Fuding	講話
	Matsu	講話
Southern Min	Xiamen	講話
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	講話
	Quanzhou	說話, 講話
	Jinjiang	講話, 說話
	Nan'an	說話
	Shishi	講話, 說話
	Hui'an	說話
	Anxi	說話
	Yongchun	說話, 講話
	Dehua	說話
	Zhangzhou	講話
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	講話
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講話
	Hua'an	講話
	Nanjing	講話
	Pinghe	講話
	Zhangpu	講話
	Yunxiao	講話
	Zhao'an	呾話, 講話
	Dongshan	講話, 沫話
	Tainan	講話
	Kinmen	講話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講話
	Manila (Hokkien)	講話, 說話
	Longyan	講話
	Zhangping	講話
	Datian	講話
	Chaozhou	呾話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	呾話
	Jieyang	呾話
	Haifeng	講話
	Bangkok (Teochew)	呾話
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	呾話
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾話
	Wenchang	講話
	Haikou	講話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	講話
Puxian Min	Putian	講話
	Xianyou	講話
Central Min	Yong'an	話事
	Sanyuan	話事
	Shaxian	話事
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	講話
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	講話
Wu	Shanghai	講閒話, 說話
	Suzhou	講閒話
	Danyang	講話
	Ningbo	講閒話, 講說話, 話說話
	Wenzhou	講話, 講說話
	Jinhua	講水話, 講話
Xiang	Changsha	講話
	Shuangfeng	話話, 講話

• (to scold):

• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 叱罵／叱骂 (chìmà)
• 叱責／叱责 (chìzé)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 呲 (cī)
• 呲兒／呲儿 (cīr)
• 呵叱 (hēchì)
• 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 呵斥 (hēchì)
• 呵責／呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
• 喝叱
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
• 嗔著／嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 批評／批评 (pīpíng)
• 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
• 指斥 (zhǐchì)
• 指責／指责 (zhǐzé)
• 指點／指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
• 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
• 撻伐／挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
• 數落／数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
• 數說／数说 (shǔshuō)
• 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斥罵／斥骂 (chìmà)
• 斥責／斥责 (chìzé)
• 歸咎／归咎 (guījiù)
• 歸罪／归罪 (guīzuì)
• 派
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì) (literary)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 申斥 (shēnchì)
• 痛罵／痛骂 (tòngmà)
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓斥／训斥 (xùnchì)
• 詬病／诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
• 說／说
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
• 譴責／谴责 (qiǎnzé)
• 責備／责备 (zébèi)
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 責罵／责骂 (zémà)
• 責難／责难 (zénàn)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶責／贬责 (biǎnzé)
• 賴／赖 (lài)
• 非議／非议 (fēiyì)
• 非難／非难 (fēinàn)
• 體斥／体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 乜說話／乜说话
• 嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講／嘢可以乱食，说话唔可以乱讲
• 好說話／好说话 (hǎoshuōhuà)
• 站著說話不腰疼／站着说话不腰疼 (zhànzhe shuōhuà bù yāoténg)

 

Adverb

說話

1. (dialectal) an instant

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuōhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фә хуа (fə hua, I-III) / шә хуа (šə hua, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ waa⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soeh-ōe / serh-ōe / seh-ōe / soeh-ōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁴ uê⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷seq-gho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuohuà
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: shwō-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuohuah
    • Palladius: шохуа (šoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фә хуа (fə hua, I-III) / шә хуа (šə hua, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fə²⁴ xua⁴⁴/, /ʂə²⁴ xua⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: шә хуа - dialectal.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ waa⁶
    • Yale: syut wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ waː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeh'oe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: serh-uē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: seh-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seh'oe
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeh'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêh⁴ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sueh uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq-gho
    • MiniDict: seh^入 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ ɦo⁴⁴/

Noun

說話

1. (archaic or dialectal) words; what one says

   唔好再同我講呢啲說話。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好再同我讲呢啲说话。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hou² zoi³ tung⁴ ngo⁵ gong² ni¹ di¹ syut³ waa⁶. [Jyutping]

   Don't say those words to me ever again.

2. (archaic, Tang and Song dynasties) a genre of traditional storytelling
3. (Cantonese) saying (Classifier: 句 c)

   自古有句說話，「[…]」 [Cantonese, trad.]
   自古有句说话，「[…]」 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zi⁶ gu² jau⁵ geoi³ syut³ waa⁶, “[…]” [Jyutping]

   there is a saying that " […] "

4. (Linshao Wu, Nantong Wu and Quzhou Wu) language; dialect

   崇明說話／崇明说话 [Northern Wu]  ―  Chongmingese

Synonyms

• (dialect, language):

Dialectal synonyms of 話 (“-ese, suffix used to indicate a (spoken) language variety”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		話
Mandarin	Beijing	話, 話兒
	Taiwan	話
	Xi'an	話
	Chengdu	話
	Chongqing	話
	Yangzhou	話
	Nanjing	話
	Hefei	話
	Malaysia	話
	Singapore	話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	話
	Hong Kong	話
	Taishan	話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	話
	Penang (Guangfu)	話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	話
Hakka	Meixian	話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	事
	Hong Kong	話
	Kuching (Hepo)	話
	Singapore (Dabu)	話
Southern Min	Xiamen	話
	Taipei	話
	Tainan	話
	Penang (Hokkien)	話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	話
	Manila (Hokkien)	話
	Longyan	話
	Chaozhou	話
	Jieyang	話
	Singapore (Teochew)	話
	Leizhou	話
	Wenchang	話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	話
Wu	Shanghai	閒話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	說話
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	閒話
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	閒話
	Shanghai (Jiading)	閒話
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	閒話
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	閒話
	Suzhou	閒話
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	閒話
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	閒話
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	閒話
	Wuxi	閒話
	Changshu	說話
	Kunshan	閒話
	Taicang	閒話
	Tongzhou	說話
	Qidong	談話
	Haimen	說話
	Jiaxing	閒話
	Jiashan	閒話
	Pinghu	閒話
	Haining (Yanguan)	閒話
	Tongxiang	閒話
	Haiyan	閒話
	Changzhou	話
	Liyang	話
	Jintan	話
	Yixing	話
	Danyang	說話
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	說話
	Jingjiang	話
	Jiangyin	閒話
	Gaochun	話
	Gaochun (Zhongbao)	話
	Huzhou	閒話
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	閒話
	Changxing	閒話
	Anji (Ancheng)	閒話
	Deqing	說話
	Hangzhou	話語
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	說話
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	說話
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	說話
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	說話
	Tonglu	說話
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	說話
	Shaoxing	說話
	Zhuji	談頭
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	談頭
	Shengzhou	說話
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	說話
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	說話
	Xinchang	話
	Ningbo	閒話
	Zhenhai	閒話
	Fenghua	閒話
	Yuyao	閒話
	Cixi	閒話
	Xiangshan	閒話
	Zhoushan	閒話
	Huangyan	話
	Tiantai	話
	Xianju	話
	Sanmen	話
Linhai	話
Wenling	話
Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	話
Yuhuan (Chumen)	話
Wenzhou	話
Yueqing	話
Yongjia (Fenglin)	話
Rui'an	話
Longgang	話
Cangnan (Jinxiang)	話
Pingyang	話
Taishun	話
Wencheng	話
Lishui	話
Qingtian	話
Jinyun	話
Wuyi (Liucheng)	話
Songyang (Xiping)	話
Songyang (Gushi)	話
Yunhe	話
Jingning	話
Qingyuan	話
Longquan	話
Quzhou	話
Suichang	話
Jiangshan	腔
Changshan	腔
Kaihua	話
Longyou	說話
Jinhua	話
Jinhua (Tangxi)	話
Yiwu	話
Yongkang	話
Pujiang	話
Dongyang	話
Pan'an	話
Wuyi	話
Lanxi	話
Shangrao	腔
Shangrao (Guangfeng)	腔
Yushan	腔
Xuancheng (Yanchi)	話
Xuancheng (Jinpai)	話
Wuhu (Liulang)	話
Tongling (Xihu & Shun'an)	話
Jingxian (Zhaji)	話
Pucheng	腔
Xiang	Changsha	話