話說

See also: 话说

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (話說/話説)		話	說/説
simp. (话说)		话	说
anagram		說話／说话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàshuō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ syut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-soeh / ōe-seh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàshuo
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴-shuo¹
  - Yale: hwà-shwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahshuo
  - Palladius: хуашо (xuašo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁶ syut³
  - Yale: wah syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ syt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ xud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² syːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-soeh / ōe-seh
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sueh / uē-seh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsoeq, oexseq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue²²⁻²¹ seʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sueʔ⁵/, /ue⁴¹⁻²² seʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue²²⁻²¹ seʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue³³⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue³³⁻²¹ seʔ³²/

Interjection

話說

by the way; and; oh, that reminds me

Synonyms

對了／对了 (duìle)

Verb

話說

(literary) It is said that ...
(literary) Speaking of ...

Usage notes

This is a common way to start out traditional Chinese novels.