好话 meaning in English

hǎohuà

friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf

Traditional 好話14 strokes

Meaning of 好话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hǎohuà
  1. friendly advice
  2. words spoken on sb's behalf
  3. a good word
  4. kind words
  5. words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions

好话 in example sentences

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

如rú果guǒ你nǐ没méi好hǎo话huà说shuō,那nà就jiù什shén么me都dōu别bié说shuō。
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Stroke order for each character

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

好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes

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

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 好话.

最好zuìhǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem like
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing

Questions about 好话

What does 好话 mean?

好话 (hǎohuà) means "friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf".

How do you write 好话?

好话 is made of 2 characters: 好 (6 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 好话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 好话 is written 好話.