话 (話) huà

1. huà noun spoken words; talk; conversation; language
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 扁舌头说圆话 'to beat with the tongue and speak circular [words]' (CC-CEDICT '話'; Guoyu '話' n 1; Suyu, p. 47; Unihan '話')
2. huà noun dialect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '話')
3. huà noun a story
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '話' n 2)
4. huà verb to discuss; to tell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '話' v)

Contained in

• 鬼话(鬼話) lie; false words; nonsense
• 步话机(步話機) walkie-talkie
• 句话(句話) a saying
• 阿比西尼亚官话(阿比西尼亞官話) Amharic
• 移动电话(移動電話) cell phone; cellular phone; mobile phone
• 对话(對話) dialog
• 象话(象話) proper
• 台湾话(台灣話) Taiwanese Chinese
• 电话会议(電話會議) (telephone) conference call
• 电话服务(電話服務) telephone service
• 说话不当话(說話不當話) to fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise
• 话里套话(話裡套話) to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
• 俗话说(俗話說) as the proverb says; as they say...
• 话别(話別) to say good-bye; to bid farewell
• 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
• 骚话(騷話) obscenities; lewd talk
• 话匣子(話匣子) phonograph or radio ; a chatterbox; a talkative person
• 神话人物(神話人物) mythological figure
• 傻话(傻話) foolish talk; nonsense
• 废话(廢話) nonsense
• 回话(回話) to reply
• 畅谈话卡(暢談話卡) long-term calling card (telephone)
• 摇电话(搖電話) to make a phone call
• 算话(算話) (of somebody's words) to count; to be trusted
• 留话(留話) to leave word; to leave a message
• 放话(放話) to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally
• 话梅(話梅) plum candy; preserved plum
• 俏皮话(俏皮話) a wisecrack; sarcastic remark; double entendre
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 满口脏话(滿口髒話) to pour out obscenities; filthy mouthed
• 话音(話音) one's speaking voice; tone; implication
• 不在话下(不在話下) to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
• 上海话(上海話) Shanghainese; Shanghai dialect
• 博客话剧(博客話劇) blog drama (netspeak)
• 空口说白话(空口說白話) to make empty promises
• 说废话(說廢話) to talk nonsense; to bullshit
• 听话(聽話) to be obedient
• 共话(共話) to discuss together
• 希腊神话(希臘神話) Greek mythology
• 插话(插話) to interject
• 有话要说(有話要說) to speak one's mind
• 话费(話費) call charge
• 风凉话(風涼話) sneering; sarcasm; cynical remarks
• 现成话(現成話) ready-made phrase; unhelpful comment
• 句句实话(句句實話) to speak honestly
• 离间的话(離間的話) talk that leads friends to part
• 闲话家常(閑話家常) to chat about domestic trivia
• 训话(訓話) to admonish subordinates

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• 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
• 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
• 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
• 卷七十八 列傳第三十八 蕭思話 劉延孫 Volume 78 Biographies 38: Xiao Sihua, Liu Yansun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 22
• 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 96 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16

Collocations

• 思话 (思話) 羽林監封陽縣開國侯臣蕭思話 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五 本紀第五 文帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wen — count: 142
• 话言 (話言) 告之話言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 24
• 梁话 (梁話) 安定梁話 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷59 劉昶 蕭寶夤 蕭正表 Volume 59: Liu Chang, Xiao Baoyin, Xiao Zhengbiao — count: 9
• 话及 (話及) 申義康意於蕭思話及曄 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十九 列傳第二十九 劉湛 范曄 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye — count: 6
• 兴话 (興話) 而州人範興話以寒賤仕叨九流 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷四十九　列傳第三十九 庾杲之 王諶 孔珪 劉懷珍 Volume 49 Biographies 39: Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen, Kong Gui, Liu Huaizhen — count: 5
• 话传 (話傳) 源之見子思話傳 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一 列傳第一 后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 5
• 不知话 (不知話) 不知話言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 话未 (話未) 時徐州刺史蕭思話未之鎮 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十八 列傳第二十八 武二王 Volume 68 Biographies 28: Wu Erwang — count: 4
• 话遣 (話遣) 蕭思話遣護之迎軍至梁山 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十 列傳第十 胡藩 劉康祖 垣護之 張興世 Volume 50 Biographies 10: Hu Fan, Liu Kangzu, Yuan Hongzhi, Zhang Xingshi — count: 4
• 话先 (話先) 思話先使參軍劉振之戍下邳 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十八 列傳第三十八 蕭思話 劉延孫 Volume 78 Biographies 38: Xiao Sihua, Liu Yansun — count: 4