说闲话 meaning in English

shuō xiánhuà

to chat; to gossip

HSK 7-9Traditional 說閒話24 strokes

Meaning of 说闲话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuōxiánhuà
  1. to chat
  2. to gossip

Stroke order for each character

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

说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

闲 xián · idle · 7 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 说闲话.

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)
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
普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard Mandarin

Questions about 说闲话

What does 说闲话 mean?

说闲话 (shuō xiánhuà) means "to chat; to gossip".

How do you write 说闲话?

说闲话 is made of 3 characters: 说 (9 strokes), 闲 (7 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 说闲话 an HSK word?

Yes. 说闲话 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 说闲话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 说闲话 is written 說閒話.