闲话

HSK level

6

Traditional form

閑話

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

闲 xián

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿵门木

Number of Strokes

7

话 huà

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 話 huà . Phonosemantic compound. 言 yán represents the meaning and 舌 shé represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰讠舌

Number of Strokes

8

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说闲话的 de 人 rén 都 dōu 是 shì 些 xiē 老脑筋.

Those making the idle talk are all old fogies.

说闲话的 de 人 rén 真 zhēn 是 shì 旧 jiù 脑筋 nǎo jīn !

The gossipers really are a bunch of old fogies!

假若 jiǎ ruò 他们 tā men 之中 zhī zhōng 有敢再 zài 说闲话的 de ,揍 zòu !

If anyone made any more snide remarks he would beat him up.

这 zhè 对 duì 伴侣 bànlǚ 年龄 niánlíng 上 shǎng 的 de 差异 chā yì 招来 zhāo lái 了 le 不少 bù shǎo 闲话 xiánhuà 。

What set tongues wagging was the age difference between the two partners.

他们 tā men 很爱传闲话 xiánhuà ，而且 érqiě 常常 cháng cháng 口 kǒu 无 wú 遮拦。

They were gossipy and not always discreet.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 闲话 xiánhuà and their own compounds.

闲 xián

门 Mén , 木 Mù

话 huà

舌 shé

千 qiān

十 shí , 丿 piě

口 kǒu

讠 yán

See all 3 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 闲话 xiánhuà in their composition.

闲 xián

痫 xián , 娴 xián , 鹇 xián

话 huà

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