How to say “fairy tale” in Chinese
fairy tale
“Fairy tale” in Chinese is 童话, tóng huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
童话 is read tóng huà: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “童话”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 童话. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 孩子们都爱听童话háizimendōuàitīngtónghuàAll children love listening to fairy tales.
More words from the lesson “Prose, poems, fairy tales”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “fairy tale” in Chinese?
“Fairy tale” in Chinese is 童话, pinyin tónghuà.
What does 童话 mean?
童话 (tónghuà) means “fairy tale”.
How do you write 童话?
童话 is 2 characters: 童 (tóng) — child, children's; 话 (huà) — speech, words. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 童话?
童话 is read tónghuà. Tones: tóng — second tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“fairy tale” in the lesson “Prose, poems, fairy tales”
This word is from the topic “Texts and art” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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