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Chinese
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idle; interstice; separate
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spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
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| trad. (閒話/閑話)
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閒/閑
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話
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| simp. (闲话)
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闲
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话
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| alternative forms
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言話／言话 (“words; speech”) Wu
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Pronunciation
Verb
閒話
- (literary) to talk casually; to chat
Derived terms
Noun
閒話
- words of little importance; casual words; digression
- gossip; rumour; word on the street
- (Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) words; speech
- 講閒話／讲闲话 [Shanghainese] ― 5kaon 6ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― to speak (lit. to say words)
- 閒話一句／闲话一句 [Wenzhounese] ― an instant response (lit. a single utterance)
好閒話恘閒話才要聽葛。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
好闲话恘闲话才要听葛。 [Suzhounese, simp.]- 6hau-ghe5-gho6 1chieu-ghe5-gho6 5ze 8iau 1thin-keq [Wugniu]
- You have to listen to all the words they have to say, be it good or not.
- (Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) language; dialect
- 上海閒話／上海闲话 [Shanghainese] ― 6zaon-he 6ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― Shanghainese
- 蘇州閒話／苏州闲话 [Shanghainese] ― 1su-tseu 6ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― Suzhounese
- 法國閒話／法国闲话 [Shanghainese] ― 7faq-koq 6ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― the French language
Synonyms
- (words of little importance): 閒天／闲天 (xiántiān)
- (gossip): 八卦 (bāguà), (Sichuan) 空話／空话
- (words): 話／话 (huà)
- (dialect, language):
Dialectal synonyms of
話 (“-ese,
suffix used to indicate a (spoken) language variety”)
Derived terms