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  11. <p>You probably already know that&#160;<span class="hanzi">的话</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">de huà</span>) can be put at the end of a phrase <a href="&quot;If%E2%80%A6,_then%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;ruguo%E2%80%A6,_jiu%E2%80%A6&quot;" title="wikilink">to express the meaning of "if."</a> It can be used independently, or with&#160;<span class="hanzi">如果</span>, both meaning "<b>if</b>." But it can also be used to simply identify a topic, sort of like saying "<b>when it comes to....</b>"</p>
  12. <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
  13. <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">的话</span>&#160;can also be used to introduce a topic which the speaker intends to say more about.</p>
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  15. <div class="deux">Topic +&#160;<span class="hanzist">的话</span>, Comment</div>
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  17. <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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  20. <li><span class="hanzi">云南 的话,春天 去 最好。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.</span></li>
  21. <li><span class="hanzi">晚上 的话,当然 方便 啦。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">The evening? Of course that's convenient.</span></li>
  22. <li><span class="hanzi">我 肯定 能 去 。 他的话,我 就 不知道 了。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I can definitely go. As for him though, I don't know.</span></li>
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  25. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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  27. <li><a href="&quot;If%E2%80%A6,_then%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;ruguo%E2%80%A6,_jiu%E2%80%A6&quot;" title="wikilink">"If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"</a></li>
  28. <li><a href="&quot;For%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;eryan&quot;" title="wikilink">"For…" with "eryan"</a></li>
  29. <li><a href="Limiting_scope_with_&quot;jiu&quot;" title="wikilink">Limiting scope with "jiu"</a></li>
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  31. <h2 id="sources-further-reading">Sources &amp; further reading</h2>
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  34. <li>Chinesegrammar.info: <a href="http://chinesegrammar.info/vocabulary/de-hua-expressing-if/">Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing “if” in Chinese with de hua</a></li>
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