對話

See also: 対話 and 对话

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (對話)		對	話
simp. (对话)		对	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duìhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ waa⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tui-fa
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-ōe / tùi-ōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duìhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duèihuà
  - Wade–Giles: tui⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: dwèi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyhuah
  - Palladius: дуйхуа (dujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi³ waa⁶
  - Yale: deui wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ waː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: dui fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dui⁴ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'oe
  - IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'oa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/

Noun

對話

dialogue; conversation
坦誠對話／坦诚对话 ― tǎnchéng duìhuà ― frank dialogue

圓桌對話／圆桌对话 ― yuánzhuō duìhuà ― round-table dialogue

對話管道／对话管道 ― duìhuà guǎndào ― dialogue channel
- 「一本連對話和圖畫都沒有的書有什麼用呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
  「一本连对话和图画都没有的书有什么用呢？」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2005, 【英】路易斯·卡洛爾著, 董怡譯, 周佳欣譯審, 《彩繪世界文學名著專家導讀版愛麗絲漫遊仙境》, 明天出版社, →ISBN, p. 1
  “Yī běn lián duìhuà hé túhuà dōu méiyǒu de shū yǒu shénme yòng ne?” [Pinyin]
  “What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?”

Synonyms

會話／会话 (huìhuà)

Antonyms

獨白／独白 (dúbái)

Verb

對話

to start a conversation; to converse; to talk
與外國人用英語對話對他來說是小菜一碟。 [MSC, trad.]
与外国人用英语对话对他来说是小菜一碟。 [MSC, simp.]
Yǔ wàiguórén yòng yīngyǔ duìhuà duì tā lái shuō shì xiǎocàiyīdié. [Pinyin]
It's a piece of cake for him to speak English with foreigners.

Synonyms

交談 / 交谈 (jiāotán)
敘談 / 叙谈 (xùtán)
會話 / 会话 (huìhuà)
談話 / 谈话 (tánhuà)
通話 / 通话 (tōnghuà)
過話 / 过话 (guòhuà) (colloquial)

Derived terms

對話者 / 对话者 (duìhuàzhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
對	話
たい Hyōgai	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 對話 – see the following entry.

【対話たいわ】

[noun] dialogue, conversation

[verb] to have or hold a conversation

(This term, 對話, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
對	話

Noun

對話 • (daehwa) (hangeul 대화)

hanja form^? of 대화 (“dialogue, conversation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
對	話

Noun

對話

chữ Hán form of đối thoại (“dialogue, conversation”)