How to Say ‘To pick up the conversation’ in Traditional Chinese
接話
jiē huà
[jyeh hwah]
💬 Usage Tip: [接話] is a very conversational Taiwan-style word for picking up what someone said and replying smoothly. It's useful in social settings: [你很會接話] means someone has good banter.
Phrase Breakdown
接話
jiē huà
[jyeh hwah]
to pick up (someone's words); to respond in conversation
Means replying smoothly or keeping a conversation going naturally.
你接話接得太快，我都懷疑你是不是故意準備好的。
You respond so fast that I wonder if you prepared that on purpose.
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