说闲话
说闲话說閒話 shuō xián huà ㄕㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ HSK 7-9
- to chat
- to gossip
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
说
- 传说傳說 chuán shuō ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ cyun4 syut3 legend; folk tale
- 再说再說 zài shuō ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄛ zoi3 syut3 to say again
- 别说別說 bié shuō ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛ bit6 seoi3 to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
- 劝说勸說 quàn shuō ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄛ hyun3 syut3 to persuade
- 好说好說 hǎo shuō ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ hou2 syut3 easy to deal with; not a problem
- 学说學說 xué shuō ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛ hok6 syut3 theory
闲
- 休闲休閒 xiū xián ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ jau1 haan4 leisure
- 悠闲悠閒 yōu xián ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ jau4 haan4 leisurely
- 偷闲偷閑 tōu xián ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ tau1 haan4 to snatch a moment of leisure
- 偷闲偷閒 tōu xián ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ tau1 haan4 to snatch a moment of leisure
- 冬闲冬閑 dōng xián ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˊ dung1 haan4 slack winter season (farming)
- 安闲安閑 ān xián ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ on1 haan4 at one's ease
话
- 俗话俗話 sú huà ㄙㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ zuk6 waa6 common saying
- 实话實話 shí huà ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ sat6 waa6 truth
- 对话對話 duì huà ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ deoi3 waa6 to talk (with sb)
- 废话廢話 fèi huà ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ fai3 waa2 nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
- 会话會話 huì huà ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ wui6 waa2 (language learning) conversation
- 的话的話 de huà ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˋ dik1 waa6 if (coming after a conditional clause)
Idioms with these characters
- 长话短说長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3 (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
- 但说无妨但說無妨 dàn shuō wú fáng ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨˊ ㄈㄤˊ daan6 syut3 mou4 fong4 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
- 二话不说二話不說 èr huà bù shuō ㄦˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ji6 waa6 bat1 syut3 (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
- 光说不练光說不練 guāng shuō bù liàn ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ gwong1 syut3 bat1 lin6 all talk and no action (idiom)
- 光说不做光說不做 guāng shuō bù zuò ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ gwong1 syut3 bat1 zou6 (idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
- 安闲舒适安閒舒適 ān xián shū shì ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ ㄕˋ leisurely and free (idiom)
- 安闲随意安閑隨意 ān xián suí yì ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ on1 haan4 ceoi4 ji3 leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
- 安闲自得安閑自得 ān xián zì dé ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄉㄜˊ on1 haan4 zi6 dak1 feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
- 安闲自在安閑自在 ān xián zì zai ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ˙ㄗㄞ on1 haan4 zi6 zoi6 leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
- 忙里偷闲忙裡偷閑 máng lǐ tōu xián ㄇㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ mong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4 (idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule
- 长话短说長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3 (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
- 二话不说二話不說 èr huà bù shuō ㄦˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ji6 waa6 bat1 syut3 (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
- 鬼话连篇鬼話連篇 guǐ huà lián piān ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢ gwai2 waa6 lin4 pin1 to tell one lie after another (idiom)
- 话不投机話不投機 huà bù tóu jī ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 (idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye
- 说来话长說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄤˊ syut3 loi4 waa6 coeng4 start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly