| 话 | huà | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 话说 | huà shuō | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount |
| 话剧 | huà jù | stage play; modern drama; CL:台,部 |
| 话题 | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 话筒 | huà tǒng | microphone |
| 话头 | huà tóu | subject (under discussion); thread (of an argument) |
| 话本 | huà běn | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories |
| 话音 | huà yīn | one's speaking voice; tone; implication |
| 话语 | huà yǔ | words; speech; utterance; discourse |
| 话中有刺 | huà zhōng yǒu cì | hidden barbs in one's words; hostile subtext |
| 话中有话 | huà zhōng yǒu huà | overtones in conversation; things indirectly implied from what is said |
| 话别 | huà bié | to say good-bye; to bid sb farewell |
| 话到嘴边 | huà dào zuǐ biān | to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind |
| 话到嘴边留三分 | huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn | a still tongue makes a wise head (idiom) |
| 话匣子 | huà xiá zi | phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person |
| 话卡 | huà kǎ | calling card (telephone) |
| 话又说回来 | huà yòu shuō huí lai | returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow |
| 话多不甜 | huà duō bù tián | too much talk is a nuisance (idiom) |
| 话柄 | huà bǐng | a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision |
| 话梅 | huà méi | plum candy; preserved plum |
| 话旧 | huà jiù | to reminisce |
| 话茬 | huà chá | tone of voice; topic; subject under discussion |
| 话茬儿 | huà chár | erhua variant of 话茬, tone of voice; topic; subject under discussion |
| 话里套话 | huà lǐ tào huà | to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information; to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed |
| 话里有话 | huà lǐ yǒu huà | to have hidden meaning; implication; more than just the apparent meaning; something hinted |
| 话说回来 | huà shuō huí lai | returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow |
| 话费 | huà fèi | call charge |
| 话锋 | huà fēng | topic under discussion; thread of discussion |
| 话虽如此 | huà suī rú cǐ | be that as it may |
