# 的话 (dehuà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 的话 (dehuà) means “(particle) if; in case”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (particle) if; in case
- Pinyin: dehuà (de5 hua4)
- Traditional: 的話
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 明天下雨的话，我就不去了。
  Míngtiān xiàyǔ dehuà, wǒ jiù bù qù le.
  If it rains tomorrow, I won't go.

## Characters

- [的](https://hanziro.com/word/de-possessive/) (de): (particle) possessive 's; of
- [话](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-spoken-words/) (huà): spoken words; speech

https://hanziro.com/word/de-hua-if/

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