说话
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
说话 (shuōhuà) · to speak
说话 (shuōhuà) means “to speak; talk”. It is written with 2 characters: 说 (to speak) + 话 (words). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 说话 is built
The characters
说 shuō · to speak
What 说 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 兑duì — cash
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 兄xiōng — elder brother
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 儿ér — child
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 兑 gives the sound. (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
上课的时候不要说话。Shàngkè de shíhou bù yào shuōhuà.Don't talk during class.
你在跟谁说话？Nǐ zài gēn shéi shuōhuà?Who are you talking to?
Questions about 说话
What does 说话 mean?
说话 (shuōhuà) means “to speak; talk”.
How do you pronounce 说话?
说话 is pronounced shuōhuà.
Which HSK level is 说话?
说话 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 比如说bǐrúshuōfor example
- 说明shuōmíngto explain
- 听说tīngshuōto hear
- 小说xiǎoshuōnovel
- 传说chuánshuōlegend
- 据说jùshuōit is said that
- 说不定shuōbudìngmaybe
- 说服shuōfúto persuade
- 一般来说yībān lái shuōgenerally speaking
- 胡说húshuōto talk nonsense
Learn 说话 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 48: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.