说话算话 meaning in English

shuōhuàsuànhuà

to do as promised; to be as good as one's word

Traditional 說話算話39 strokes

Meaning of 说话算话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuōhuàsuànhuà
  1. to do as promised
  2. to be as good as one's word
  3. to honor one's word
  4. to mean what one says

说话算话 in example sentences

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

他tā一yì直zhí都dōu说shuō话huà算suàn话huà。
He was always as good as his word.

Stroke order for each character

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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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算 suàn · to calculate · 14 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 说话算话.

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)
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
说明shuōmíngto explain; to illustrate
讲话jiǎnghuàa speech; to speak
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fiction
对话duìhuàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
比如说bǐrú shuōfor example

Questions about 说话算话

What does 说话算话 mean?

说话算话 (shuōhuàsuànhuà) means "to do as promised; to be as good as one's word".

How do you write 说话算话?

说话算话 is made of 4 characters: 说 (9 strokes), 话 (8 strokes), 算 (14 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 39 strokes in total.

How is 说话算话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 说话算话 is written 說話算話.