童话

童话 tónghuà

Fairy tale

童话 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體童話 tonghua

What 童话 means

Fairy tale

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Character by character

童话 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

童

tóng

Child

话

huà

Words (speech - talk)

Words that share a character with 童话

How to write 童话

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童话 in a sentence

妈妈每晚给他讲一个童话。

Māma měi wǎn gěi tā jiǎng yí ge tónghuà.

Mum tells him a fairy tale every night.

这个村子美得像童话一样。

Zhège cūnzi měi de xiàng tónghuà yíyàng.

This village is as beautiful as a fairy tale.

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Questions about 童话

What does 童话 mean in English?

童话 is pronounced tónghuà and means Fairy tale.

How do you pronounce 童话?

童话 is tónghuà in pinyin — written tonghua without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 童话?

童话 is written with 2 characters: 童 (tóng) Child, 话 (huà) Words (speech - talk). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 童话 written in traditional Chinese?

童話. The simplified form 童话 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 童話 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced tónghuà.

Is 童话 an HSK word?

Yes — 童话 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

通用 tōngyòng 同胞 tóngbāo 同志 tóngzhì 铜 tóng 统筹兼顾 tǒngchóujiāngù 统计 tǒngjì 统统 tǒngtǒng 统治 tǒngzhì

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