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坏话 meaning in English

huàihuà

disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb

Traditional 壞話15 strokes

Meaning of 坏话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huàihuà
  1. disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb

坏话 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ从cóng没méi听tīng过guò她tā说shuō别bié人rén坏huài话huà。
I've never heard her speak ill of others.
在zài背bèi后hòu说shuō别bié人rén坏huài话huà不bú是shì大dà丈zhàng夫fū所suǒ为wèi。
It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào汤tāng姆mǔ在zài我wǒ后hòu面miàn说shuō我wǒ坏huài话huà
I didn't know that Tom talked about me like that behind my back.
你nǐ太tài喜xǐ欢huān说shuō他tā人rén坏huài话huà了le。
You are too ready to speak ill of others.
他tā绝jué不bú是shì说shuō人rén坏huài话huà的de人rén。
He is the last person to speak ill of others.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

坏 huài · bad · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 坏话.

电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
讲话jiǎnghuàa speech; to speak
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
坏人huàirénbad person; villain
对话duìhuàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
坏处huàichùharm; troubles
普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard Mandarin
笑话儿xiàohuarerhua form of 笑話|笑话[xiao4 hua5]
破坏pòhuàidestruction; damage

Questions about 坏话

What does 坏话 mean?

坏话 (huàihuà) means "disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb".

How do you write 坏话?

坏话 is made of 2 characters: 坏 (7 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 坏话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 坏话 is written 壞話.