说话算话 in English shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to do as promised
  • to be as good as one's word
  • to honor one's word
  • to mean what one says

Simplified Characters

说 话 算 话

Traditional Characters

說 話 算 話

Pinyin

shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

说shuo1to persuade 话hua4dialect 算suan4to regard as 话hua4dialect