話事

Chinese

	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (話事)	話	事
simp. (话事)	话	事
alternative forms	話是／话是 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa⁶ si⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): va⁵ lhu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): ua⁵ si⁵
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): va⁴ si⁴
Northern Min (KCR): uā-dī

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: wah sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² siː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: va⁵ lhu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /va³² ɬu³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ua⁵ si⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua¹¹ sz̩¹¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: va⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋa⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uā-dī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/

Verb

話⫽事 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, Guangdong Hakka) to be in charge; to have the final say
呢度佢最話得事。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢度佢最话得事。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ dou⁶ keoi⁵ zeoi³ waa⁶ dak¹ si⁶. [Jyutping]
He has the most say here.

今晚食咩你話事啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
今晚食咩你话事啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
gam¹ maan⁵ sik⁶ me¹ nei⁵ waa⁶ si⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]
It's up to you to decide what we're having for dinner tonight.
(Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, Central Min) to speak; to talk

Synonyms

(to be in charge): 說了算／说了算 (shuōlesuàn), 作主 (zuòzhǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 說話 (“to speak; to talk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說話, 講話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	說話, 言語
	Taiwan	說話, 講話
	Malaysia	講話, 說話
	Singapore	講話, 說話
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	說話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	說話
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	說話, 言傳
	Xi'an	說話
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	說話
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	說話
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	說話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	說話, 開腔
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	說話
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	講話, 說話
	Yangzhou	講話, 說話
	Hefei	講話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講說話, 講話
	Hong Kong	講嘢, 講說話
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	講話
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	講嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	講話
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	講嘢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	講話
	Dongguan	講嘢, 講話
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	講嘢
	Yangjiang	講事話, 講話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講話, 講說話
Gan	Nanchang	話事
	Lichuan	話事
	Pingxiang	講事, 話事
Hakka	Meixian	講話, 講事, 話事
	Xingning	話事
	Huidong (Daling)	話事
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	講話
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	講話
	Wengyuan	講話
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	話事
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	話事
	Liannan	講話
	Jiexi	講話
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	講話
	Changting	話事
	Wuping	講話
	Wuping (Yanqian)	話事
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講話
	Liancheng	話事, 講事
	Ninghua	話事
	Yudu	話事
	Ningdu	話事
	Ruijin	話事
	Shicheng	話事
	Shangyou (Shexi)	話事
	Tonggu (Sandu)	話事
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	話事
	Dayu	話事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講話, 講事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講事
	Hong Kong	講話
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	講話
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	講話
	Xinyi (Sihe)	講話
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	講話
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	講話
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	講話
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	講話
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	講話
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	講話
	Mengshan (Xihe)	講話
	Senai (Huiyang)	講話
Huizhou	Jixi	講話
	Shexian	講話
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	講話
	Xiuning	講話
	Yixian	講話
	Qimen	講話
	Wuyuan	講話
Jin	Taiyuan	說話
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	話事
	Songxi	話事
	Zhenghe	話事
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	話事, 講事
	Jianyang	話事
	Wuyishan	話事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講話
	Fuzhou (Changle)	講話
	Lianjiang	講話
	Fuqing	講話
	Pingtan	講話
	Yongtai	講話
	Minqing	講話
	Gutian	講話
	Pingnan	講話
	Luoyuan	講話
	Fu'an	講話
	Ningde	講話
	Xiapu	講話
	Zherong	講話
	Shouning	講話
	Zhouning	講話
	Fuding	講話
	Matsu	講話
Southern Min	Xiamen	講話
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	講話
	Quanzhou	說話, 講話
	Jinjiang	講話, 說話
	Nan'an	說話
	Shishi	講話, 說話
	Hui'an	說話
	Anxi	說話
	Yongchun	說話, 講話
	Dehua	說話
	Zhangzhou	講話
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	講話
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講話
	Hua'an	講話
	Nanjing	講話
	Pinghe	講話
	Zhangpu	講話
	Yunxiao	講話
	Zhao'an	呾話, 講話
	Dongshan	講話, 沫話
	Tainan	講話
	Kinmen	講話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講話
	Manila (Hokkien)	講話, 說話
	Longyan	講話
	Zhangping	講話
	Datian	講話
	Chaozhou	呾話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	呾話
	Jieyang	呾話
	Haifeng	講話
	Bangkok (Teochew)	呾話
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	呾話
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾話
	Wenchang	講話
	Haikou	講話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	講話
Puxian Min	Putian	講話
Puxian Min	Xianyou	講話
Central Min	Yong'an	話事
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	話事
	Sanming (Shaxian)	話事
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	講話
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	講話
Wu	Shanghai	講閒話, 說話
	Suzhou	講閒話
	Danyang	講話
	Ningbo	講閒話, 講說話, 話說話
	Wenzhou	講話, 講說話
	Jinhua	講水話, 講話
Xiang	Changsha	講話
Xiang	Shuangfeng	話話, 講話

Derived terms