说话

說話

shuōhuà

verb HSK 1 #383

Meanings

1 to speak
2 to talk

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

请不要说话。

Qǐng búyào shuōhuà.

Please don't talk.

HSK 2

他说话很快。

Tā shuōhuà hěn kuài.

He speaks very fast.

HSK 2

小孩子开始说话了。

Xiǎo háizi kāishǐ shuōhuà le.

The child has started talking.

Tips

grammar

说话 is a verb-object compound, so you can insert things between 说 and 话: 说了几句话 (said a few words), 说中国话 (speak Chinese).

Stroke Order

说 shuō

话 huà