Chinese symbol for “dialect”
话
huà
Traditional: 話
dialect; language; spoken words; speech
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dialect is 话 (huà), defined as: dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dialect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语 (語) | yǔ | dialect; language |
| 土语 (土語) | tǔ yǔ | dialect; patois |
| 方言 | fāng yán | topolect; dialect |
| 土话 (土話) | tǔ huà | vernacular; slang |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 话.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 讲话 (講話) | jiǎng huà | a speech; to speak |
| 对话 (對話) | duì huà | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
| 话题 (話題) | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dialect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.