character, Cantonese, transitive
to tell (someone something)
我揾人知咩嚟再话你哋知。
我揾人知咩嚟再话你哋知。
ngo5 wan2 jan4 zi1 me1 lai4 zoi3 waa6 nei5 dei6 zi1. I'll find someone who knows what it is and then report back to you guys.
character, Cantonese
to think; to feel; to consider; to say
你話點算好？
你话点算好？
nei5 waa6 dim2 syun3 hou2? What do you say we should do?
你话边个会抵啲呢？
你话边个会抵啲呢？
nei5 waa6 bin1 go3 wui5 dai2 di1 ne1? Which one do you say is the thriftier choice?
character
story; tale
character, Cantonese
quotative: that
未试过话唔塞嘅
未试过话唔塞嘅
mei6 si3 gwo3 waa6 m4 sak1 ge3 in my experience it's never not been in a jam
噉就唔使话热得滞。
噉就唔使话热得滞。
gam2 zau6 m4 sai2 waa6 jit6 dak1 zai6. This can avoid it being too hot.
character
dialect; language
越南話
越南话
yuè nán huà Vietnamese language
character, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min-Bei, Wu
to say; to refer to; to talk about
使乜话俾佢听呢。
使乜话俾佢听呢。
sai2 mat1 waa6 bei2 keoi5 teng1 ne1. What do you need to tell him/her for.
話緊佢自己
话紧佢自己
waa6 gan2 keoi5 zi6 gei2 talking about himself/herself
你快啲话我知发生咩事。
你快啲话我知发生咩事。
nei5 faai3 di1 waa6 ngo5 zi1 faat3 sang1 me1 si6. Quickly tell me what happened.
我唔系话你丑样，只系你核突。
我唔系话你丑样，只系你核突。
ngo5 m4 hai6 waa6 nei5 cau2 joeng2, zi2 hai6 nei5 wat6 dat6. I'm not saying that you're ugly, only that you're disgusting.
喂，话咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。
喂，话咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。
wai3, waa6 zo2, m4 hou2 zoi3 soeng6 lei4 aa3. lok6 faan1 heoi3 laa1, jing2 mat1 je5. Oi, I already said, don't try to come up here any further. Go back down; what are you filming for?
character
to talk about; to discuss
話別
话别
huà bié to say goodbye
話家常
话家常
huà jiā cháng to chit-chat; to talk about daily lives
character
words; talk; what somebody says (Classifier: 句 m mn)
他的每一句話
他的每一句话
tā de měi yī jù huà every single word they said
character
episode
character, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Wu
to tell someone off; to scold
唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。
唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。
m4 waa6 keoi5 ne1, keoi5 zau6 wui5 gai3 zuk6 zou6 lok6 heoi3. If you don't tell him off, he will continue to do it.
character, Cantonese
Sentence-final particle used to ask someone to repeat previous information.
头先你叫我做咩㗎话？
头先你叫我做咩㗎话？
tau4 sin1 nei5 giu3 ngo5 zou6 me1 gaa3 waa2? What did you want me to do just now?
幾多錢話？
几多钱话？
gei2 do1 cin2 waa2? How much did you say it was?
話 [话]
Jyutping
waa2
Pinyin
huà
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
dialect/language
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
言語，某一個或一群人嘅説話 speech
鬼話
鬼话
nonsense
佢呢啲先叫人話。
佢呢啲先叫人话。
keoi5 ni1 di1 sin1 giu3 jan4 waa2. What he said is fair and reasonable.
佢嘅話你都唔聽，你係唔係想死？
佢嘅话你都唔听，你系唔系想死？
keoi5 ge3 waa6 nei5 dou1 m4 teng1, nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 soeng2 sei2? You didn't obey him. Do you want to die?
名詞
語言，通常配上字詞指定某個語言，有幾種使用配搭就係含糊嘅講法 language of a country or area
鄉下話
乡下话
hoeng1 haa2 waa2 language or dialect of one's ancestral hometown
越南話
越南话
jyut6 naam4 waa2 Vietnamese
閩南話
闽南话
man5 naam4 waa2 Minnan
廣東話
广东话
gwong2 dung1 waa2 Cantonese
非洲話
非洲话
fei1 zau1 waa2 African language
印度話
印度话
jan3 dou6 waa2 Indian language
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, Cantonese, transitive
to tell (someone something)
我揾人知咩嚟再话你哋知。
我揾人知咩嚟再话你哋知。
ngo5 wan2 jan4 zi1 me1 lai4 zoi3 waa6 nei5 dei6 zi1. I'll find someone who knows what it is and then report back to you guys.
character
episode
character, Cantonese
to think; to feel; to consider; to say
你話點算好？
你话点算好？
nei5 waa6 dim2 syun3 hou2? What do you say we should do?
你话边个会抵啲呢？
你话边个会抵啲呢？
nei5 waa6 bin1 go3 wui5 dai2 di1 ne1? Which one do you say is the thriftier choice?
character
story; tale
character, Cantonese
quotative: that
未试过话唔塞嘅
未试过话唔塞嘅
mei6 si3 gwo3 waa6 m4 sak1 ge3 in my experience it's never not been in a jam
噉就唔使话热得滞。
噉就唔使话热得滞。
gam2 zau6 m4 sai2 waa6 jit6 dak1 zai6. This can avoid it being too hot.
character
dialect; language
越南話
越南话
yuè nán huà Vietnamese language
character, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min-Bei, Wu
to say; to refer to; to talk about
使乜话俾佢听呢。
使乜话俾佢听呢。
sai2 mat1 waa6 bei2 keoi5 teng1 ne1. What do you need to tell him/her for.
話緊佢自己
话紧佢自己
waa6 gan2 keoi5 zi6 gei2 talking about himself/herself
你快啲话我知发生咩事。
你快啲话我知发生咩事。
nei5 faai3 di1 waa6 ngo5 zi1 faat3 sang1 me1 si6. Quickly tell me what happened.
我唔系话你丑样，只系你核突。
我唔系话你丑样，只系你核突。
ngo5 m4 hai6 waa6 nei5 cau2 joeng2, zi2 hai6 nei5 wat6 dat6. I'm not saying that you're ugly, only that you're disgusting.
喂，话咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。
喂，话咗，唔好再上嚟呀。落番去啦，影乜嘢。
wai3, waa6 zo2, m4 hou2 zoi3 soeng6 lei4 aa3. lok6 faan1 heoi3 laa1, jing2 mat1 je5. Oi, I already said, don't try to come up here any further. Go back down; what are you filming for?
character
to talk about; to discuss
話別
话别
huà bié to say goodbye
話家常
话家常
huà jiā cháng to chit-chat; to talk about daily lives
character
words; talk; what somebody says (Classifier: 句 m mn)
他的每一句話
他的每一句话
tā de měi yī jù huà every single word they said
character, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Wu
to tell someone off; to scold
唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。
唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。
m4 waa6 keoi5 ne1, keoi5 zau6 wui5 gai3 zuk6 zou6 lok6 heoi3. If you don't tell him off, he will continue to do it.
character, Cantonese
Sentence-final particle used to ask someone to repeat previous information.
头先你叫我做咩㗎话？
头先你叫我做咩㗎话？
tau4 sin1 nei5 giu3 ngo5 zou6 me1 gaa3 waa2? What did you want me to do just now?
幾多錢話？
几多钱话？
gei2 do1 cin2 waa2? How much did you say it was?
日子定好咗我再話你知。
日子定好咗我再话你知。
jat6 zi2 ding6 hou2 zo2 ngo5 zoi3 waa6 nei5 zi1. I'll tell you when the date is fixed.
佢話唔想去行街喎。
佢话唔想去行街㖞。
keoi5 waa6 m4 soeng2 heoi3 haang4 gaai1 wo5. He said he didn't want to go shopping.
大家話要遲十分鐘。
大家话要迟十分钟。
daai6 gaa1 waa6 jiu3 ci4 sap6 fan1 zung1. They said they would be late for ten minutes.
有冇人話過你好似林峯？
有冇人话过你好似林峰？
jau5 mou5 jan4 waa6 gwo3 nei5 hou2 ci5 lam4 fung1? Has anyone told you that you look like Raymond Lam?
動詞
鬧；責罵；責怪；勸告 to scold mildly; to blame
你唔好成日話你細佬啦，佢都好乖架嘞！
你唔好成日话你细佬啦，佢都好乖架嘞！
nei5 m4 hou2 seng4 jat6 waa6 nei5 sai3 lou2 laa1, keoi5 dou1 hou2 gwaai1 gaa3 laak3! Would you not scold your younger brother so often? He's already quite well-behaved.
阿仔成日咁夜返屋企，你做爸爸話下佢啦！
阿仔成日咁夜返屋企，你做爸爸话下佢啦！
aa3 zai2 seng4 jat6 gam3 je6 faan1 uk1 kei2, nei5 zou6 baa4 baa1 waa6 haa5 keoi5 laa1! Our son often comes home late. You are his father, you should discipline him.
動詞
覺得；認為 to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that
計我話
计我话
gai3 ngo5 waa6 in my opinion
你話好唔好呀？
你话好唔好呀？
nei5 waa6 hou2 m4 hou2 aa3? What do you think? Is it good?
我話佢一定係專登嘅！
我话佢一定系专登嘅！
ngo5 waa6 keoi5 jat1 ding6 hai6 zyun1 dang1 ge3! I think he did it on purpose!
近義詞
講、鬧
名詞
言語，某一個或一群人嘅説話 speech
鬼話
鬼话
nonsense
佢呢啲先叫人話。
佢呢啲先叫人话。
keoi5 ni1 di1 sin1 giu3 jan4 waa2. What he said is fair and reasonable.
佢嘅話你都唔聽，你係唔係想死？
佢嘅话你都唔听，你系唔系想死？
keoi5 ge3 waa6 nei5 dou1 m4 teng1, nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 soeng2 sei2? You didn't obey him. Do you want to die?
Definitions (Unihan)
speech, talk, language
dialect
Cangjie Input - Traditional
YRHJR
Cangjie Input - Simplified
IVHJR
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
說 – 说
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
这样做的话什么都不会改变的。
這樣做的話什麼都不會改變的。
zhè yàng zuò de huà shén me dōu bù huì gǎi biàn de 。
That won't change anything.
That will change nothing.
That doesn't change anything.
It won't change anything.
That'll change nothing.
Mandarin
那是我该说的话!
那是我該說的話!
nà shi wǒ gāi shuō de huà !
That's MY line!
That's my answer!
That's my line!
That's my line.
Mandarin
如果我可以像那样的话...
如果我可以像那樣的話...
rú guǒ wǒ kě yǐ xiàng nà yàng de huà ...