说话

说话 shuōhuà in a sentence

Spoke (saying - speaking)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 6 sentences

说话 (shuōhuà) means Spoke (saying - speaking). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他不喜欢 说话

Tā bù xǐhuan shuōhuà.

He doesn't like talking.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 说话

老师 说话 的时候,大家都在听。

Lǎoshī shuōhuà de shíhou, dàjiā dōu zài tīng.

When the teacher speaks, everyone listens.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 说话

说话 ,会影响别人学习。

Bié shuōhuà, huì yǐngxiǎng biéren xuéxí.

Don't talk — it disturbs other people's studying.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 影响

From the graded readers

说话 也不容易。

shuōhuà yěbù róngyì.

Speaking isn't easy either.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese

王老师很好,他 说话 很慢。

wáng lǎoshī hěnhǎo, tā shuōhuà hěn màn.

Mr Wang is very good — he speaks slowly.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese

说话 不快,可是每个字都很清楚。

tā shuōhuà bùkuài, kěshì měi gè zì dōu hěn qīngchu.

She doesn't speak fast, but every word is clear.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

Questions about 说话

How is 说话 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 说话 (shuōhuà, "Spoke (saying - speaking)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 说话 an HSK word?

Yes — 说话 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 说话?

The dictionary page for 说话 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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