會話

See also: 会話 and 会话

Chinese

		to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (會話)		會	話
simp. (会话)		会	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁶ waa^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): voi⁵ va^5*
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hōe-ōe / hōe-ōa

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁶ uê⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèihuà
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: hwèi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyhuah
  - Palladius: хуэйхуа (xuejxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
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    匯劃 / 汇划
    會話 / 会话
    繪畫 / 绘画
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁶ waa^6-2
  - Yale: wuih wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² waː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: voi⁵ va^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: huē-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoexoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: huē-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoexoa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ ua²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê⁶ uê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huĕ uē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³⁵⁻¹¹ ue¹¹/

Verb

會話

to converse

Synonyms

交談 / 交谈 (jiāotán)
對話 / 对话 (duìhuà)
敘談 / 叙谈 (xùtán)
談話 / 谈话 (tánhuà)
通話 / 通话 (tōnghuà)
過話 / 过话 (guòhuà) (colloquial)

Noun

會話

conversation; dialogue (Classifier: 個／个)
(computing) session (the sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system)

Synonyms

(conversation): 對話／对话 (duìhuà)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “conversation”): 獨白／独白 (dúbái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (會話):

→ Japanese: 会(かい)話(わ) (kaiwa)
→ Korean: 회화(會話) (hoehwa)
→ Vietnamese: hội thoại (會話)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
會	話
かい Hyōgai	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

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

【会話かいわ】

[noun] conversation

[verb] to talk with, to have a conversation

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
會	話

Noun

會話 • (hoehwa) (hangeul 회화)

hanja form^? of 회화 (“conversation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
會	話

Verb

會話

chữ Hán form of hội thoại (“to talk, to converse”)