How is 话 pronounced?

话 is pronounced “huà” in pinyin.

What HSK level is 话?

话 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

How do you write 话?

Follow the stroke-order animation above; 话 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

HSK 1nounverb

话

Traditional: 話

huà

话 (huà) means “dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character (traditional 話) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Measure word: 种,席,句,口,番

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

他说的话我听不懂。

Tā shuō de huà wǒ tīng bù dǒng.

I don't understand what he said.

Words containing 话

打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call 说话shuō huàto speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word 对话duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation 不像话bù xiàng huàunreasonable; shocking; outrageous 废话fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)普通话pǔ tōng huàMandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech 电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number 话题huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic 笑话xiào huajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock 话筒huà tǒngmicrophone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone 神话shén huàlegend; fairy tale; myth; mythology 实话shí huàtruth

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →

爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs 八bāeight; 8 爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my 杯子bēi zicup; glass 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello 北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 话 mean?: 话 (huà) means “dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 话 pronounced?: 话 is pronounced “huà” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 话?: 话 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 话?: Follow the stroke-order animation above; 话 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18