對話

See also: 対話 and 对话

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (對話)		對	話
simp. (对话)		对	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ waa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tui-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-ōe / tùi-ōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèihuà
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: dwèi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyhuah
    • Palladius: дуйхуа (dujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ waa⁶
    • Yale: deui wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ waː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: dui fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dui⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'oe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/

Noun

對話

1. dialogue; conversation

   坦誠對話／坦诚对话  ―  tǎnchéng duìhuà  ―  frank dialogue

   圓桌對話／圆桌对话  ―  yuánzhuō duìhuà  ―  round-table dialogue

   對話管道／对话管道  ―  duìhuà guǎndào  ―  dialogue channel

   • 「一本連對話和圖畫都沒有的書有什麼用呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
     「一本连对话和图画都没有的书有什么用呢？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005, 【英】路易斯·卡洛爾 著, 董怡 譯, 周佳欣 譯審, 《彩繪世界文學名著專家導讀版愛麗絲漫遊仙境》, 明天出版社, →ISBN, p. 1

     “Yī běn lián duìhuà hé túhuà dōu méiyǒu de shū yǒu shénme yòng ne?” [Pinyin]

     “What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?”

Synonyms

• 會話／会话 (huìhuà)

Antonyms

• 獨白／独白 (dúbái)

Verb

對話

1. to start a conversation; to converse; to talk

   與外國人用英語對話對他來說是小菜一碟。 [MSC, trad.]
   与外国人用英语对话对他来说是小菜一碟。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǔ wàiguórén yòng yīngyǔ duìhuà duì tā lái shuō shì xiǎocàiyīdié. [Pinyin]

   It's a piece of cake for him to speak English with foreigners.

Synonyms

• 交談／交谈 (jiāotán)
• 敘談／叙谈 (xùtán)
• 會話／会话 (huìhuà)
• 談話／谈话 (tánhuà)
• 通話／通话 (tōnghuà)
• 過話／过话 (guòhuà) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 對話者／对话者 (duìhuàzhě)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
對	話
たい Hyōgai	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 對話 – see the following entry.

【対話たいわ】 [noun] dialogue, conversation [verb] to have or hold a conversation

(This term, 對話, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
對	話

Noun

對話 • (daehwa) (hangeul 대화)

1. hanja form^? of 대화 (“dialogue, conversation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
對	話

Noun

對話

1. chữ Hán form of đối thoại (“dialogue, conversation”).