| 话 | huà | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 的话 | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 讲话 | jiǎng huà | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:个 |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone; CL:部; phone call; CL:通; phone number |
| 谈话 | tán huà | talk; conversation; CL:次 |
| 一句话 | yī jù huà | in a word; in short |
| 话说 | huà shuō | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount |
| 笑话 | xiào huà | joke; jest; CL:个; to laugh at; to mock |
| 换句话说 | huàn jù huà shuō | in other words |
| 神话 | shén huà | fairy tale; mythology; myth |
| 对话 | duì huà | dialog; CL:个 |
| 白话 | bái huà | spoken language; vernacular |
| 空话 | kōng huà | empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip |
| 话剧 | huà jù | stage play; modern drama; CL:台,部 |
| 白话文 | bái huà wén | vernacular Chinese |
| 俗话 | sú huà | common saying; proverb |
| 实话 | shí huà | truth |
| 平话 | píng huà | storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary |
| 听话 | tīng huà | to do what one is told; obedient |
| 假话 | jiǎ huà | a lie; untrue statement; misstatement |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 茶话会 | chá huà huì | tea party |
| 话题 | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 闲话 | xián huà | digression; gossip; complaint; scandal; CL:段; igression |
| 通话 | tōng huà | talk over telephone; hold a conversation |
| 话筒 | huà tǒng | microphone |
| 答话 | dá huà | to reply; to answer |
| 好话 | hǎo huà | words of praise; to speak well of |
| 土话 | tǔ huà | vernacular; slang; dialect; patois |
| 普通话 | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech |
| 鬼话 | guǐ huà | lie; false words; nonsense; CL:篇 |
| 话头 | huà tóu | subject (under discussion); thread (of an argument) |
| 不象话 | bù xiàng huà | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous; also written 不像话 |
| 童话 | tóng huà | children's fairy tales |
| 话本 | huà běn | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories |
| 电话号码 | diàn huà hào mǎ | telephone number; CL:串 |
| 二话 | èr huà | to demur; to object; objection; differing opinion |
| 心里话 | xīn li huà | (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind |
| 话音 | huà yīn | one's speaking voice; tone; implication |
| 坏话 | huài huà | unpleasant talk; malicious words |
| 官话 | guān huà | "officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin |
| 怪话 | guài huà | ridiculous talk; preposterous remark |
| 谎话 | huǎng huà | lie |
| 长途电话 | cháng tú diàn huà | long-distance call |
| 一席话 | yī xí huà | what is said during a conversation; an utterance |
| 插话 | chā huà | to insert a minor item in a bigger work; to interrupt (sb speaking); to interpose |
| 训话 | xùn huà | to admonish subordinates |
| 话语 | huà yǔ | words; speech; utterance; discourse |
| 电话会议 | diàn huà huì yì | (telephone) conference call |
