話說

See also: 话说

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (話說/話説)		話	說/説
simp. (话说)		话	说
anagram		說話／说话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-soeh / ōe-seh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàshuo
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-shuo¹
    • Yale: hwà-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahshuo
    • Palladius: хуашо (xuašo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ syut³
    • Yale: wah syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-soeh / ōe-seh
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sueh / uē-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsoeq, oexseq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue²²⁻²¹ seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sueʔ⁵/, /ue⁴¹⁻²² seʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue²²⁻²¹ seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue³³⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ sueʔ³²/, /ue³³⁻²¹ seʔ³²/

Interjection

話說

1. by the way; and; oh, that reminds me

Synonyms

• 對了／对了 (duìle)

Verb

話說

1. (literary) It is said that ...
2. (literary) Speaking of ...

Usage notes

This is a common way to start out traditional Chinese novels.