对话
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
对话 (duìhuà) · dialogue
对话 (duìhuà) means “dialogue; conversation; to talk”. It is written with 2 characters: 对 (right) + 话 (words). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 对话 is built
The characters
对 duì · right
What 对 is made of
- 又yòu — and
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: A pair 又 of hands 寸 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请读一下这段对话。Qǐng dú yīxià zhè duàn duìhuà.Please read this dialogue.
我们用汉语对话吧。Wǒmen yòng Hànyǔ duìhuà ba.Let's have a conversation in Chinese.
Questions about 对话
What does 对话 mean?
对话 (duìhuà) means “dialogue; conversation; to talk”.
How do you pronounce 对话?
对话 is pronounced duìhuà.
Which HSK level is 对话?
对话 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 不对bùduìwrong
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 对面duìmiànopposite
- 对待duìdàito treat
- 对方duìfāngthe other side
- 对手duìshǒuopponent
- 对象duìxiàngboyfriend or girlfriend
- 反对fǎnduìto oppose
- 绝对juéduìabsolutely
- 面对miànduìto face
Learn 对话 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 68: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.