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telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
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dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
joke; jest (CL:個|个) / to laugh at; to mock / ridiculous; absurd
HSK 2
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
erhua variant of 笑話|笑话
HSK 2
subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
HSK 3
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
stage play / modern drama / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 3
children's fairy tales
HSK 4
legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
HSK 4
in a word; in short
HSK 5
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
call charge
HSK 7-9
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
microphone / (telephone) receiver; handset / megaphone / (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
HSK 7-9
truth
HSK 7-9
words / speech / utterance / discourse
HSK 7-9
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
HSK 7-9
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
lie
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
as the proverb says / as they say...
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
(language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL: 個|个,
spoken language / vernacular
vulgar language; coarse language
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount
profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely
tea party
to ask sb a question / question
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
to reply
to admonish subordinates
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
to discuss together
"officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin
to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc / (fig.) to convey a strong message
plum candy / preserved plum
proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word
unpleasant talk / malicious words
notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
objection / differing opinion
whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
an old saying
terms of endearment / words of love
to say a few parting words; to bid goodbye
phone operator
the content of a conversation / words / remarks
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
jargon / language of the trade
topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation
vernacular / slang / dialect / patois
subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument)
to reply / to answer
to pass on a story / to communicate a message
nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
one's words carry an implicit meaning
to interrupt (sb speaking) / interruption / digression
a pretext for gossip / a matter for derision
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
irony / ironic remark
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话)
tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion
bullshit; nonsense
(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
(idiom) the conversation is disagreeable
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
angry words / sth said in the moment of anger
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
foolish talk / nonsense
sneering / sarcasm / cynical remarks
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
ridiculous talk / preposterous remark
one's words carry an implicit meaning
a bunch of nonsense / verbose and rambling
straight talk / straightforward words
crazy talk / ravings / nonsense

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