闲话
Old HSK 6
闲话 (xiánhuà) · gossip
闲话 (xiánhuà) means “gossip; idle chat”. It is written with 2 characters: 闲 (fence) + 话 (words). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 闲话 is built
The characters
闲 xián · fence
What 闲 is made of
- 门mén — gate
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
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
别在背后说别人的闲话。Bié zài bèihòu shuō biérén de xiánhuà.Don't gossip about people behind their backs.
两个老人坐在门口说闲话。Liǎng gè lǎorén zuò zài ménkǒu shuō xiánhuà.Two old people are sitting at the door chatting.
Questions about 闲话
What does 闲话 mean?
闲话 (xiánhuà) means “gossip; idle chat”.
How do you pronounce 闲话?
闲话 is pronounced xiánhuà.
Which HSK level is 闲话?
闲话 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 空闲kòngxiánspare time
- 休闲xiūxiánleisure
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 的话dehuàif (after a clause)
- 对话duìhuàdialogue
- 讲话jiǎnghuàto talk
- 普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin
- 笑话xiàohuajoke
Learn 闲话 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 195: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.