话 (huà) — (noun) speech, talk (variant of 话)

Definition

This character is an old variant form of 话 (huà), meaning 'speech' or 'talk'. It is rarely used in modern Chinese; the standard form 话 should be used instead. As a noun, it refers to words, speech, or language. Because this variant carries no distinct sense, learners should treat it as interchangeable with 话 in historical texts.

noun

speechtalk (variant of 话)

Examples

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Nǐ shuō de huà hěn yǒu dàolǐ.
What you said makes a lot of sense.
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Tā yí jù huà yě méi shuō jiù zǒu le.
He left without saying a word.
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Qǐng bǎ huà shuō wán.
Please finish what you have to say.

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