閒話

See also: 闲话

Chinese

	idle; interstice; separate	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (閒話/閑話)	閒/閑	話
simp. (闲话)	闲	话
alternative forms	言話／言话 (“words; speech”) Wu

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ waa^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàn-fa
Jin (Wiktionary): xie¹ hua³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng-ōe / ûiⁿ-ōe / êng-ōa
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ghe-gho₆ / ²ghe-gho₆ / ²yen-wa₆ / ⁶ghae₂-wo₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánhuà
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-hua⁴
  - Yale: syán-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanhuah
  - Palladius: сяньхуа (sjanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haan⁴ waa^6-2
  - Yale: hàahn wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàn-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: han^ˇ fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: han² fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /han¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xie¹ hua³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie¹¹ xua⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: îng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eng'oe
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³⁻³³ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûiⁿ-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: uînn-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vui'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uĩ²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: îng-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eng'oa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³⁻²² ua²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghe-gho₆
  - MiniDict: ghe^去 gho^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe-hho₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ²ghe-gho₆
  - MiniDict: ghe^平 gho^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦe²² ɦo³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦe¹³ ɦo³¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²yen-wa₆
  - MiniDict: yen^平 wa^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦiẽ̞²² ɦua³⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghae₂-wo₆
  - MiniDict: ghae^平 wo^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦɛ²² ɦuo⁴⁴/

Verb

閒話

(literary) to talk casually; to chat

Derived terms

閒話家常／闲话家常

Noun

閒話

words of little importance; casual words; digression
gossip; rumour; word on the street
(Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) words; speech
講閒話／讲闲话 [Shanghainese] ― ⁵kaon ⁶ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― to speak (lit. to say words)

閒話一句／闲话一句 [Wenzhounese] ― an instant response (lit. a single utterance)

好閒話恘閒話才要聽葛。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
好闲话恘闲话才要听葛。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
³hau-ghe₂-gho₆ ¹chieu-ghe₂-gho₆ ²ze ⁵iau ¹thin-keq [Wugniu]
You have to listen to all the words they have to say, be it good or not.
(Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) language; dialect
上海閒話／上海闲话 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶zaon-he ⁶ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― Shanghainese

蘇州閒話／苏州闲话 [Shanghainese] ― ¹su-tseu ⁶ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― Suzhounese

法國閒話／法国闲话 [Shanghainese] ― ⁷faq-koq ⁶ghe-gho [Wugniu] ― the French language

Synonyms

(words of little importance): 閒天／闲天 (xiántiān)
(gossip): 八卦 (bāguà), (Sichuan) 空話／空话
(words): 話／话 (huà)
(dialect, language):

Dialectal synonyms of 話 (“-ese, suffix used to indicate a (spoken) language variety”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	話, 話兒
	Taiwan	話
	Malaysia	話
	Singapore	話
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chongqing	話
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	話
	Yangzhou	話
	Hefei	話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	話
	Hong Kong	話
	Taishan	話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	話
	Penang (Guangfu)	話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	話
Hakka	Meixian	話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	事
	Hong Kong	話
	Kuching (Hepo)	話
	Singapore (Dabu)	話
Southern Min	Xiamen	話
	Taipei	話
	Tainan	話
	Penang (Hokkien)	話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	話
	Manila (Hokkien)	話
	Longyan	話
	Chaozhou	話
	Jieyang	話
	Singapore (Teochew)	話
	Leizhou	話
	Wenchang	話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	話
Wu	Shanghai	閒話
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	閒話
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	閒話
	Shanghai (Jiading)	閒話
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	閒話
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	閒話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	說話
	Suzhou	閒話
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	閒話
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	閒話
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	閒話
	Wuxi	閒話
	Changshu	說話
	Kunshan	閒話
	Taicang	閒話
	Nantong (Tongzhou)	說話
	Qidong	談話
	Nantong (Haimen)	說話
	Jiaxing	閒話
	Jiashan	閒話
	Pinghu	閒話
	Haining (Yanguan)	閒話
	Tongxiang	閒話
	Haiyan	閒話
	Changzhou	話
	Liyang	話
	Changzhou (Jintan)	話
	Yixing	話
	Danyang	說話
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	說話
	Jingjiang	話
	Jiangyin	閒話
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	話
	Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun)	話
	Huzhou	閒話
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	閒話
	Changxing	閒話
	Anji	閒話
	Deqing	說話
	Hangzhou	話語
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	說話
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	說話
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	說話
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	說話
	Tonglu	說話
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	說話
	Shaoxing	說話
	Zhuji	談頭
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	談頭
	Shengzhou	說話
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	說話
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	說話
	Xinchang	話
	Ningbo	閒話
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	閒話
	Ningbo (Fenghua)	閒話
	Yuyao	閒話
	Cixi	閒話
	Xiangshan	閒話
	Zhoushan	閒話
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	話
	Tiantai	話
	Xianju	話
	Sanmen	話
Linhai	話
Wenling	話
Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	話
Yuhuan (Chumen)	話
Wenzhou	話
Yueqing	話
Yongjia (Fenglin)	話
Rui'an	話
Longgang	話
Cangnan (Jinxiang)	話
Pingyang	話
Taishun	話
Wencheng	話
Lishui	話
Qingtian	話
Jinyun	話
Wuyi (Liucheng)	話
Songyang (Xiping)	話
Songyang (Gushi)	話
Yunhe	話
Jingning	話
Qingyuan	話
Longquan	話
Quzhou	話
Suichang	話
Jiangshan	腔
Changshan	腔
Kaihua	話
Longyou	說話
Jinhua	話
Jinhua (Tangxi)	話
Yiwu	話
Yongkang	話
Pujiang	話
Dongyang	話
Pan'an	話
Wuyi	話
Lanxi	話
Shangrao	腔
Shangrao (Guangfeng)	腔
Yushan	腔
Xuancheng (Yanchi)	話
Xuancheng (Jinpai)	話
Wuhu (Liulang)	話
Tongling (Xihu & Shun'an)	話
Jingxian (Zhaji)	話
Pucheng	腔
Xiang	Changsha	話

Derived terms