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話 meaning in English

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noun

dialect [dialects](particular variety of a language)
noun
[UK: ˈdaɪə.lekt] [US: ˈdaɪə.ˌlekt]

noun

play [plays](theatrical performance)
noun
[UK: ˈpleɪ] [US: ˈpleɪ]

務員 noun

operator [operators](telecommunications operator)
noun
[UK: ˈɒ.pə.reɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈɑː.pə.ˌre.tər]

匣子 noun

chatterbox(one who chats or talks to excess)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃæ.tə.bɒks] [US: ˈtʃæ.tə.bɑːks]

noun

chatterbox(one who chats or talks to excess)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃæ.tə.bɒks] [US: ˈtʃæ.tə.bɑːks]

noun

handset [handsets](the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
noun
[UK: ˈhænd.set] [US: ˈhænd.ˌset]

microphone [microphones](transducer of sound waves to electricity)
noun
[UK: ˈmaɪk.rə.fəʊn] [US: ˈmaɪk.rə.foʊn]

receiver [receivers](telephone handset)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈsiː.və(r)] [US: rə.ˈsiː.vər]

verb

reminisce [reminisced, reminiscing, reminisces](to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically)
verb
[UK: ˌre.mɪ.ˈnɪs] [US: ˌre.mə.ˈnɪs]

noun

discourse [discourses](expression in (spoken or written) words)
noun
[UK: ˈdɪs.kɔːs] [US: ˈdɪs.kɔːrs]

語分析 noun

discourse analysis [discourse analyses](number of approaches to analyzing discourse)
noun

音郵件 noun

voice message(message left on a voice mail system)
noun

voicemail(system)
noun
[UK: ˌvɔɪ.ˌsmel] [US: ˌvɔɪ.ˌsmel]

noun

talking point(specific topic raised in a conversation or argument)
noun
[UK: ˈtɔːk.ɪŋ pɔɪnt] [US: ˈtɔːk.ɪŋ ˈpɔɪnt]

theme [themes](subject of a talk or an artistic piece)
noun
[UK: θiːm] [US: ˈθiːm]

thread [threads]((Internet): a series of messages)
noun
[UK: θred] [US: ˈθred]

topic [topics](subject; theme)
noun
[UK: ˈtɒ.pɪk] [US: ˈtɑː.pɪk]

題化 noun

topicalization(placing topic at beginning of sentence)
noun

⿰亻革家 proper noun

Gejia(language)
proper noun

上海 proper noun

Shanghainese(language)
proper noun

下流的笑 noun

dirty joke(joke with an obscene punchline)
noun

不像 adjective

outrageous(shocking)
adjective
[UK: aʊt.ˈreɪ.dʒəs] [US: aʊ.ˈtreɪ.dʒəs]

之類的 phrase

or words to that effect(used to indicate a paraphrase)
phrase

你會說普通嗎? phrase

do you speak English(do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language))
phrase

你的電號碼是多少? phrase

what's your phone number(what's your phone number?)
phrase

俏皮 noun

pun [puns](joke or type of wordplay)
noun
[UK: pʌn] [US: ˈpən]

witticism [witticisms](witty remark)
noun
[UK: ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪ.zəm] [US: ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪ.zəm]

說 /súhuàshuō/ phrase

as the saying goes(said as a lead to a proverb or similar)
phrase
[UK: əz ðə ˈseɪ.ɪŋ ɡəʊz] [US: ˈæz ðə ˈseɪ.ɪŋ ɡoʊz]

遊戲 noun

Chinese whispers(game)
noun

內部笑 noun

inside joke(joke understood or meant to be understood by certain people)
noun

公用電 noun

payphone(a public telephone)
noun
[UK: ˈpeɪ.fəʊn] [US: ˈpeɪfoʊn]

public telephonenoun
[UK: ˈpʌ.blɪk ˈte.lɪ.fəʊn] [US: ˈpʌ.blɪk ˈte.ləˌfoʊn]

公眾講 noun

public speaking(speaking to a group of people in a structured manner)
noun

北方 noun

Mandarin [mandarins](a branch of the Chinese languages, see also: )
noun
[UK: ˈmæn.də.rɪn] [US: ˈmæn.də.rən]

北方 proper noun

Guanhua(language)
proper noun

noun

irony [ironies](statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪə.rə.ni] [US: ˈaɪ.rə.ni]

noun

receiver [receivers](telephone handset)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈsiː.və(r)] [US: rə.ˈsiː.vər]

叫醒電 noun

wake-up call [wake-up calls](morning courtesy call)
noun
[UK: weɪk ʌp kɔːl ] [US: weɪk ʌp kɔl ]

可視電 noun

videophone(type of telephone)
noun
[UK: ˈvɪ.diəʊ.fəʊn] [US: ˈvɪ.dioˌfoʊn]

台山 proper noun

Hoisanese(a dialect of Cantonese)
proper noun

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