说话
Definitions
- 1. to speak
- 2. to say
- 3. to talk
- 4. to gossip
- 5. to tell stories
- 6. talk
- 7. word
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Word relationships
Antonyms
1 itemRelated words
1 itemSynonyms
2 itemsUsage notes
Collocations
Common collocations include '说话算话' (to mean what one says) and '跟...说话' (to speak with someone).
Common mistakes
Learners often confuse '说话' (speak) with '告诉' (tell). '说话' is intransitive, while '告诉' requires an indirect object.
Example Sentences
5 shown他 说话 时停顿了一下，然后继续讲。
他 说话 算数吗？
他 说话 很风趣。
他 说话 总是很啰唆。
他 说话 的声音很低调。
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Words Containing 说话
it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
to fail to keep to one's word
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
to do as promised
promises must be kept