闽南话
闽南话閩南話 Mǐn nán huà ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ man5 naam4 waa2
- Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
- Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
闽
- 纳闽納閩 Nà mǐn ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄣˇ naap6 man5 Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
- 闽侯閩侯 Mǐn hòu ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄡˋ man5 hau4 see 閩侯縣|闽侯县[Min3 hou4 Xian4]
- 闽南閩南 Mǐn nán ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ man5 naam4 Minnan (southern Fujian)
- 闽江閩江 Mǐn Jiāng ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄤ man5 gong1 Min River, Fujian
- 闽清閩清 Mǐn qīng ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥ man5 cing1 see 閩清縣|闽清县[Min3 qing1 Xian4]
- 闽粤閩粵 Mǐn Yuè ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝˋ man5 jyut6 Fujian and Guangdong
南
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
- 大江南北 Dà jiāng nán běi ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ daai6 gong1 naam4 bak1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ naam4 gei1 bak1 dau2 lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)
- 南辕北辙南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄜˊ naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄥ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄚˊ naam4 zing1 bak1 fat6 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
- 南征北讨南征北討 nán zhēng běi tǎo ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄥ ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄠˇ naam4 zing1 bak1 tou2 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
- 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