話

話 (radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹十口 (YRHJR), four-corner 0266₄, composition ⿰言舌)

• KangXi: page 1158, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35441
• Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3965, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8A71

Historical forms of the character 話
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡroːds) : semantic 言 (“word”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd). The right component is not related to 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”).

Cognate with 曰 (OC *ɢʷad) according to Sagart (1999); if so, it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *grwas (“to speak; word”), whence Tibetan གྲོས་སྡུར་བྱེད་པ (gros sdur byed pa, “to consult; to discuss”) (STEDT).

話

1. speech; talk; language
2. what somebody said; (somebody's) words (Classifier: 句)
3. dialect; language
   • 四川話 / 四川话  ―  sìchuānhuà  ―  Sichuanese dialect
   • 越南話 / 越南话  ―  yuènánhuà  ―  Vietnamese language
4. (Cantonese, Hakka) to say; to refer to; to talk about

   • 我唔係話你醜樣，只係你核突。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我唔系话你丑样，只系你核突。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: George Lam, Ah Lam 日記

     Ngo⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ waa⁶ nei⁵ cau² joeng^6-2, zi² hai⁶ nei⁵ wat⁶ dat⁶. [Jyutping]

     I'm not saying that you're ugly, only that you're disgusting.

   • 使乜話俾佢聽呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     使乜话俾佢听呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Sai² mat¹ waa⁶ bei² keoi⁵ teng¹ ne¹. [Jyutping]

     What do you need to tell him/her for.

   • 話緊佢自己 / 话紧佢自己 [Cantonese]  ―  waa⁶ gan² keoi⁵ zi⁶ gei² [Jyutping]  ―  talking about himself/herself

   • 喂，話咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     喂，话咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From:

     Wai³, waa⁶ zo², m⁴ hou² zoi³ soeng⁶ lei⁴ aa³. Lok⁶ faan¹ heoi³ laa¹, jing² mat¹ je⁵. [Jyutping]

     Oi, I already told you; don't try to come up here any further. Go back down; what are you filming for?

5. (Cantonese, Hakka) to tell someone off, to scold

   • 唔話佢呢，佢就會繼續做落去。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     M⁴ waa⁶ keoi⁵ ne¹, keoi⁵ zau⁶ wui⁵ gai³ zuk⁶ zou⁶ lok⁶ heoi³. [Jyutping]

     If you don't tell him off, he will continue to do it.

6. (Cantonese) to think; to feel; to consider; to say
   • 你話點算好？ / 你话点算好？ [Cantonese]  ―  Nei⁵ waa⁶ dim² syun³ hou²? [Jyutping]  ―  What do you say we should do?

   • 你話邊個會抵啲呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你话边个会抵啲呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ waa⁶ bin¹ go³ wui⁵ dai² di¹ ne¹? [Jyutping]

     Which one do you say is the thriftier choice?

7. (Cantonese) Sentence-final particle used to ask someone to repeat previous information.

   • 頭先你叫我做咩㗎話？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     头先你叫我做咩㗎话？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     Tau⁴ sin¹ nei⁵ giu³ ngo⁵ zou⁶ me¹ gaa³ waa^6-2? [Jyutping]

     What did you want me to do just now?

• 指 (zhǐ)
• (to tell someone off): 鬧／闹 (naau6, “to scold”)

• → Thai: ว่า (wâa)
• → Lao: ວ່າ (wā)
• → Zhuang: vah

• “Entry #10081”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: か (ka); かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: わ (wa, Jōyō)
• Kun: はなす (hanasu, 話す, Jōyō); はなし (hanashi, 話, Jōyō)

• 話 (はな)す (hanasu): to speak
• 電話 (でんわ) (denwa): a telephone
• 電話 (でんわ)を切 (き)る (denwa o kiru): to hang up

• (especially in rakugo) 噺, 咄
• 話し

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はなし​ [hànáshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ɕi]

話 (hiragana はなし, rōmaji hanashi)

1. talking; speaking; speech; conversation

   何 (なん)の話 (はなし)をしてるの？

   Nan no hanashi o shiteru no?

   What are you guys talking about?

2. story; tale; narrative

   「ざしき童子 (ぼっこ)のはなし」

   “Zashiki-bokko no Hanashi”

   The Story of the Zashiki-bokko

3. a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about
4. rumors; rumours
5. negotiation; consultation; discussion
6. lecture; speech

話 (hiragana わ, rōmaji -wa)

1. Counter for stories.
2. Counter for episodes of TV shows.

   第 (だい)１ (いち)話 (わ) ― daiichiwa ― episode 1

話 (eumhun 말할 화 (malhal hwa))

1. to speak

話

• Kun: ぱなーしー (話, phanāshī)

• 話しー

• IPA^(key): /pʰanaːɕiː/

話 (hiragana ぱなーしー, romaji phanāshī)

1. conversation
2. speech
3. story

話

• Kun: ぱなす (話, panasu)

• 話す

• IPA^(key): /panass̩/

話 (hiragana ぱなす, romaji panasu)

1. conversation
2. speech
3. story

話

• Kun: はなし (話, hanashi), はなすん (話すん, hanasun)

• 話し

• IPA^(key): /hanaɕi/

話 (hiragana はなし, romaji hanashi)

1. conversation
2. speech
3. story

話 (thoại)

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話

• Kun: ぱなしぃ (話, panasï), ぱなすん (話すん, panasun)

• 話しぃ

• IPA^(key): /panasɨ/

話 (hiragana ぱなしぃ, romaji panasï)

1. conversation
2. speech
3. story