A stranger spoke to me on the bus.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
搭话
to talk
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to talk
02
to get into conversation with
03
to send word
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 搭话 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 搭话.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 搭话.
Directly before
- 我搭话4
Directly after
- 搭话的1
- 搭话吗1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 搭话
What does 搭话 mean in Chinese?
搭话 (dāhuà) means to talk.
How do you pronounce 搭话?
搭话 is pronounced dāhuà.
Is 搭话 an HSK word?
搭话 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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