话

huà

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

speech (讠) + tongue (舌) = spoken words

Speech begins with the tongue shaping sound into words. The speech radical anchors the meaning of language, while the tongue grounds it in the physical act of speaking.

讠+舌→话
舌TongueSemantic
讠SpeechSemantic

他说的话让我很感动。

tā shuō de huà ràng wǒ hěn gǎn dòng。

The words he said moved me deeply.

你有什么话想对她说吗?

nǐ yǒu shén me huà xiǎng duì tā shuō ma?

Is there anything you want to say to her?

Words with 话

话术

huà shù

manipulative talk

鬼话

guǐ huà

lie

电话卡

diàn huà kǎ

telephone card

讲话

jiǎng huà

a speech

傻话

shǎ huà

foolish talk

笑话

xiào hua

joke; jest (CL:個|个[ge4])

词话

cí huà

form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty

电话机

diàn huà jī

telephone set

坏话

huài huà

unpleasant talk

问话

wèn huà

to ask sb a question

话语

huà yǔ

words

博客话剧

bó kè huà jù

blog drama (netspeak)

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