WordTaiwan frequency #19,434
話說回來
ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ
“on the other hand; that said; coming back to the point”
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話
ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Speech; language; words; talk; conversation; to speak; to say; to discuss; story; dialect.
說
ㄕㄨㄛ
to speak; to say; to talk; to explain; to discuss; to scold; to tell off; a theory or doctrine; to arrange a marriage
回
ㄏㄨㄟˊ
To return; to go back; to reply or answer; to turn around; a time or occurrence; classifier for acts of a play or chapters; the Hui ethnic group.
來
ㄌㄞˊ
To come; to arrive; to return; to happen; to be used as a substitute for a verb; indicating possibility; indicating the future or next time; approximately.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 後來ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊafterwards; later; subsequently; after a while; in the future; those who arrive later; newcomers
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 的話˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˋif; used after a conditional clause to introduce the consequence or result.
- 來自ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋto come from (a place); originating from; (in email headers) From:
- 回到ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠˋto return to; to go back to; to come back to
- 說明ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊto explain; to illustrate; to show; explanation; directions; caption
- 帶來ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊto bring; to bring about; to produce; to cause to happen
- 電話ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋtelephone; a device or system for voice communication over distances; a phone call; a phone number.
- 回答ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊto reply; to answer; a reply; an answer; to respond to a question or request
- 出來ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊto come out; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to take office; to be completed (after a verb)
- 原來ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊoriginal; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown