話是這麼說

See also: 话是这么说

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	be; yes; this	so; such; like this so; such; like this; in this way	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (話是這麼說)		話	是	這麼	說
simp. (话是这么说)		话	是	这么	说
Literally: “it is said this way”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huà shì zhème shuō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˋ ˙ㄇㄜㄕㄨㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huà shì zhème shuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˋ ˙ㄇㄜㄕㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huà shìh jhème̊ shuo
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴ shih⁴ chê⁴-mê⁵ shuo¹
  - Yale: hwà shr̀ jè-me shwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah shyh jeh.me shuo
  - Palladius: хуа ши чжэмэ шо (xua ši čžɛmɛ šo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ mə¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Phrase

話是這麼說

(colloquial) you could say that; you've got a point
甲：澳洲的官方語言是英語，不是嗎？
乙：話是這麼說，可是澳洲是多元文化的國家，也能聽到別的很多語言。 [MSC, trad.]
甲：澳洲的官方语言是英语，不是吗？
乙：话是这么说，可是澳洲是多元文化的国家，也能听到别的很多语言。 [MSC, simp.]
Jiǎ: Àozhōu de guānfāng yǔyán shì yīngyǔ, bùshì ma?
Yǐ: Huàshìzhèmeshuō, kěshì Àozhōu shì duōyuánwénhuà de guójiā, yě néng tīng dào bié de hěn duō yǔyán. [Pinyin]
A: The main language in Australia is English, isn't it?
B: You could say that, but Australia is multicultural, so you can hear many other languages there as well.

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