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话 — dialect; language; spoken words

dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words

Pinyin
huà
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 话: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

话 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 话

Words with 话 in the HSK syllabus: 26

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone callHSK 1
  2. 电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call; phone numberHSK 1
  3. 说话shuōhuàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossipHSK 1
  4. 的话dehuàifHSK 3
  5. 对话duìhuàto talk; dialogue; conversationHSK 3
  6. 话剧huàjùstage play; modern dramaHSK 4
  7. 普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard MandarinHSK 4
  8. 笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurdHSK 4
  9. 话费huàfèicall chargeHSK 5
  10. 话题huàtísubject; topicHSK 5
  11. 讲话jiǎnghuàa speech; to speak; to talk; to addressHSK 5
  12. 神话shénhuàlegend; fairy tale; myth; mythologyHSK 5
  13. 谈话tánhuàto talk; to have a conversation; talk; conversationHSK 5
  14. 话筒huàtǒngmicrophone; receiver; handset; megaphoneHSK 6
  15. 实话shíhuàtruthHSK 6
  16. 听话tīnghuàto do what one is told; obedientHSK 6
  17. 通话tōnghuàto hold a conversation; to talk over the telephoneHSK 6
  18. 童话tónghuàchildren's fairy talesHSK 6
  19. 不像话búxiànghuàunreasonable; shocking; outrageousHSK 7–9
  20. 废话fèihuànonsense; rubbish; superfluous wordsHSK 7–9
  21. 话语huàyǔwords; speech; utterance; discourseHSK 7–9
  22. 谎话huǎnghuàlieHSK 7–9
  23. 实话实说shíhuà-shíshuōto tell the truth; to tell it as it isHSK 7–9
  24. 俗话súhuàcommon saying; proverbHSK 7–9
  25. 无话可说wúhuà-kěshuōto have nothing to sayHSK 7–9
  26. 闲话xiánhuàcasual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk aboutHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.