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闲话
閒話
xiánhuà
1. digression
2. gossip
3. complaint
4. scandal
5. CL:[[段<duàn>]]
HSK 6 Common • Top 23%

Character Breakdown

闲
xián
fence, guard; to defend; idle time
HSK 5 7 丶
话
huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
HSK 1 8 丶

Compound Words (2)

讲闲话
jiǎngxiánhuà
to gossip
闲话家常
xiánhuàjiācháng
to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)

Alternate Entries

闲话
xiánhuà
variant of [[閒話|闲话]] / digression / gossip / complaint / scandal / CL:[[段<duàn>]]
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
19,114 of 84,292