闲话 meaning and pronunciation

闲话
Simplified word
閑話
Traditional word

闲话 English definition

xián huà
  • digression
  • gossip
  • complaint
  • scandal
  • CL:段[duan4]

HSK level

Characters

  • 闲 (xián): to stay idle; to be unoccupied; not busy; leisure; enclosure;
  • 话 (huà): dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1];