说话

說話

shuōhuà

verb HSK 1 #383

Meanings

1 to speak
2 to talk

Characters

Examples

请不要说话。

Qǐng búyào shuōhuà.

Please don't talk.

他说话很快。

Tā shuōhuà hěn kuài.

He speaks very fast.

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