| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 话 | 話 | huà | - dialect - language - spoken words - speech - talk - words - conversation - what sb said - CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1] |
| 二话 | 二話 | èrhuà | - objection - differing opinion |
| 佳话 | 佳話 | jiāhuà | - story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide |
| 俗话 | 俗話 | súhuà | - common saying - proverb |
| 假话 | 假話 | jiǎhuà | - a lie - untrue statement - misstatement |
| 传话 | 傳話 | chuánhuà | - to pass on a story - to communicate a message |
| 傻话 | 傻話 | shǎhuà | - foolish talk - nonsense |
| 像话 | 像話 | xiànghuà | - proper |
| 共话 | 共話 | gònghuà | - to discuss together |
| 冷话 | 冷話 | lěnghuà | - harsh words - sarcasm - bitter remarks |
| 反话 | 反話 | fǎnhuà | - irony - ironic remark |
| 问话 | 問話 | wènhuà | - questioning (a suspect) - interrogation |
| 回话 | 回話 | huíhuà | - to reply |
| 土话 | 土話 | tǔhuà | - vernacular - slang - dialect - patois |
| 坏话 | 壞話 | huàihuà | - unpleasant talk - malicious words |
| 梦话 | 夢話 | mènghuà | - talking in one's sleep - words spoken during sleep - fig. speech bearing no relation to reality - delusions |
| 套话 | 套話 | tàohuà | - polite talk - conventional greetings |
| 好话 | 好話 | hǎohuà | - words of praise - to speak well of |
| 官话 | 官話 | guānhuà | - "officialese" - bureaucratic language - Mandarin |
| 实话 | 實話 | shíhuà | - truth |
| 对话 | 對話 | duìhuà | - dialog - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 屁话 | 屁話 | pìhuà | - shit - nonsense |
| 平话 | 平話 | pínghuà | - storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary |
| 废话 | 廢話 | fèihuà | - nonsense - rubbish - superfluous words - You don't say! - No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 后话 | 後話 | hòuhuà | - something to be taken up later in speech or writing |
| 怪话 | 怪話 | guàihuà | - ridiculous talk - preposterous remark |
| 情话 | 情話 | qínghuà | - terms of endearment - words of love |
| 成话 | 成話 | chénghuà | - to make sense |
| 拉话 | 拉話 | lāhuà | - (dialect) to chat |
| 插话 | 插話 | chāhuà | - to insert a minor item in a bigger work - to interrupt (sb speaking) - to interpose |
| 搭话 | 搭話 | dāhuà | - to talk - to get into conversation with - to send word |
| 放话 | 放話 | fànghuà | - to give orders - to spread news or rumors - to leak certain information intentionally |
| 散话 | 散話 | sǎnhuà | - digression |
| 会话 | 會話 | huìhuà | - conversation - CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] |
| 气话 | 氣話 | qìhuà | - angry words - sth said in the moment of anger |
| 洋话 | 洋話 | yánghuà | - foreign language (esp. Western) |
| 玩话 | 玩話 | wánhuà | - playful talk - joking |
| 留话 | 留話 | liúhuà | - to leave word - to leave a message |
| 白话 | 白話 | báihuà | - spoken language - vernacular |
| 的话 | 的話 | dehuà | - if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 直话 | 直話 | zhíhuà | - straight talk - straightforward words |
| 神话 | 神話 | shénhuà | - legend - fairy tale - myth - mythology |
| 空话 | 空話 | kōnghuà | - empty talk - bunk - malicious gossip |
| 童话 | 童話 | tónghuà | - children's fairy tales |
| 笑话 | 笑話 | xiàohuà | - joke - jest - CL:個|个[ge4] - to laugh at - to mock |
| 答话 | 答話 | dáhuà | - to reply - to answer |
| 算话 | 算話 | suànhuà | - (of sb's words) to count - can be trusted |
| 粗话 | 粗話 | cūhuà | - vulgar language (esp. scatological insults) - uncultured speech |
| 听话 | 聽話 | tīnghuà | - to do what one is told - obedient |
| 胡话 | 胡話 | húhuà | - nonsense - ridiculous talk - hogwash |
| 行话 | 行話 | hánghuà | - jargon - language of the trade |
| 训话 | 訓話 | xùnhuà | - to admonish subordinates |
| 评话 | 評話 | pínghuà | - storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary |
| 词话 | 詞話 | cíhuà | - form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty |
| 话亭 | 話亭 | huàtíng | - telephone booth |
| 话别 | 話別 | huàbié | - to say good-bye - to bid sb farewell |
| 话剧 | 話劇 | huàjù | - stage play - modern drama - CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
| 话卡 | 話卡 | huàkǎ | - calling card (telephone) |
| 话本 | 話本 | huàběn | - Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories |
| 话柄 | 話柄 | huàbǐng | - a pretext for gossip - a matter for derision |
| 话梅 | 話梅 | huàméi | - plum candy - preserved plum |
| 话痨 | 話癆 | huàláo | - chatterer |
| 话筒 | 話筒 | huàtǒng | - microphone - (telephone) receiver - handset |
| 话旧 | 話舊 | huàjiù | - to reminisce |
| 话茬 | 話茬 | huàchá | - tone of voice - topic - subject under discussion |
| 话语 | 話語 | huàyǔ | - words - speech - utterance - discourse |
| 话说 | 話說 | huàshuō | - It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) - to discuss - to recount |
| 话费 | 話費 | huàfèi | - call charge |
| 话锋 | 話鋒 | huàfēng | - topic under discussion - thread of discussion |
| 话音 | 話音 | huàyīn | - one's speaking voice - tone - implication |
| 话头 | 話頭 | huàtóu | - subject (under discussion) - thread (of an argument) |
| 话题 | 話題 | huàtí | - subject (of a talk or conversation) - topic |
| 说话 | 說話 | shuōhuà | - to speak - to say - to talk - to gossip - to tell stories - talk - word |
| 谈话 | 談話 | tánhuà | - talk - conversation - CL:次[ci4] |
| 谎话 | 謊話 | huǎnghuà | - lie |
| 讲话 | 講話 | jiǎnghuà | - a speech - to speak - to talk - to address - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 象话 | 象話 | xiànghuà | - proper - also written 像話|像话 |
| 通话 | 通話 | tōnghuà | - to hold a conversation - to talk over the telephone - phone call |
| 逸话 | 逸話 | yìhuà | - rumor - anecdote (not in the official record) - apocryphal story |
| 丑话 | 醜話 | chǒuhuà | - ugly talk - vulgarity - obscenity |
| 重话 | 重話 | zhònghuà | - harsh words |
| 闲话 | 閑話 | xiánhuà | - variant of 閒話|闲话 - digression - gossip - complaint - scandal - CL:段[duan4] |
| 闲话 | 閒話 | xiánhuà | - digression - gossip - complaint - scandal - CL:段[duan4] |
| 电话 | 電話 | diànhuà | - telephone - CL:部[bu4] - phone call - CL:通[tong1] - phone number |
| 骚话 | 騷話 | sāohuà | - obscenities - lewd talk |
| 脏话 | 髒話 | zānghuà | - profanity - obscene language - speaking rudely |
| 鬼话 | 鬼話 | guǐhuà | - lie - false words - nonsense - CL:篇[pian1] |
| 黑话 | 黑話 | hēihuà | - argot - bandits' secret jargon - malicious words |
| 一句话 | 一句話 | yījùhuà | - in a word - in short |
| 一席话 | 一席話 | yīxíhuà | - the content of a conversation - words - remarks |
| 上海话 | 上海話 | Shànghǎihuà | - Shanghainese - Shanghai dialect |
| 不像话 | 不像話 | bùxiànghuà | - unreasonable - shocking - outrageous |
| 不成话 | 不成話 | bùchénghuà | - see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4] |
| 不是话 | 不是話 | bùshìhuà | - see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4] |
| 不象话 | 不象話 | bùxiànghuà | - unreasonable - shocking - outrageous - also written 不像話|不像话 |
| 中国话 | 中國話 | Zhōngguóhuà | - (spoken) Chinese language |
| 俏皮话 | 俏皮話 | qiàopihuà | - witticism - wisecrack - sarcastic remark - double entendre |
| 俗话说 | 俗話說 | súhuàshuō | - as the proverb says - as they say... |
| 修饰话 | 修飾話 | xiūshìhuà | - modifier (grammar) |
| 传话人 | 傳話人 | chuánhuàrén | - messenger - communicator - relay |
| 冷笑话 | 冷笑話 | lěngxiàohuà | - joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan |
| 刺儿话 | 刺兒話 | cìrhuà | - biting words - stinging words |
| 北京话 | 北京話 | Běijīnghuà | - Beijing dialect |
| 台湾话 | 台灣話 | Táiwānhuà | - Taiwanese Chinese (language) |
| 启海话 | 啟海話 | Qǐhǎihuà | - Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai |
| 丧气话 | 喪氣話 | sàngqìhuà | - demoralizing talk |
| 报话机 | 報話機 | bàohuàjī | - walkie-talkie - portable radio transmitter |
| 外国话 | 外國話 | wàiguóhuà | - foreign languages |
| 大白话 | 大白話 | dàbáihuà | - colloquial speech |
| 大话骰 | 大話骰 | dàhuàtóu | - liar's dice (dice game) |
| 大陆话 | 大陸話 | dàlùhuà | - Mainland Chinese (language) |
| 客套话 | 客套話 | kètàohuà | - conventional greeting - polite formula |
| 客家话 | 客家話 | Kèjiāhuà | - Hakka dialect |
| 客气话 | 客氣話 | kèqihuà | - words of politeness - politesse - decorous talking - talk with propriety |
| 对话框 | 對話框 | duìhuàkuàng | - dialog box (computing) |
| 对话课 | 對話課 | duìhuàkè | - conversation class |
| 广东话 | 廣東話 | Guǎngdōnghuà | - Cantonese language |
| 心里话 | 心裡話 | xīnlihuà | - (to express one's) true feelings - what is on one's mind - secret mind |
| 悄悄话 | 悄悄話 | qiāoqiaohuà | - whisperings - private words - confidences - sweet nothings |
| 打官话 | 打官話 | dǎguānhuà | - to talk officiously - to assume the air of a functionary - to talk in official jargon |
| 打电话 | 打電話 | dǎdiànhuà | - to make a telephone call |
| 摇电话 | 搖電話 | yáodiànhuà | - (old) to make a phone call |
| 普通话 | 普通話 | pǔtōnghuà | - Mandarin (common language) - Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) - ordinary speech |
| 东洋话 | 東洋話 | Dōngyánghuà | - Japanese (language) (old) |
| 步话机 | 步話機 | bùhuàjī | - walkie-talkie |
| 沙地话 | 沙地話 | Shādìhuà | - see 啟海話|启海话[Qi3 hai3 hua4] |
| 白话文 | 白話文 | báihuàwén | - writings in the vernacular |
| 白话诗 | 白話詩 | báihuàshī | - free verse in the vernacular |
| 茶话会 | 茶話會 | cháhuàhuì | - tea party |
| 荤笑话 | 葷笑話 | hūnxiàohuà | - dirty jokes - jokes of a visceral nature |
| 苏州话 | 蘇州話 | Sūzhōuhuà | - Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语[Wu2 yu3] |
| 话务员 | 話務員 | huàwùyuán | - phone operator |
| 话匣子 | 話匣子 | huàxiázi | - phonograph or radio (old term) - chatterbox - talkative person |
| 话茬儿 | 話茬兒 | huàchár | - erhua variant of 話茬|话茬[hua4 cha2] |
| 说实话 | 說實話 | shuōshíhuà | - to speak the truth - truth to tell - frankly |
| 说废话 | 說廢話 | shuōfèihuà | - to talk nonsense - to bullshit |
| 讲闲话 | 講閒話 | jiǎngxiánhuà | - to gossip - to make unfavorable comments |
| 通电话 | 通電話 | tōngdiànhuà | - to phone sb up |
| 过头话 | 過頭話 | guòtóuhuà | - exaggeration |
| 那话儿 | 那話兒 | nàhuàr | - genitalia - doohickey - thingumbob |
| 闽南话 | 閩南話 | Mǐnnánhuà | - Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect - southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong |
| 电话亭 | 電話亭 | diànhuàtíng | - telephone booth |
| 电话卡 | 電話卡 | diànhuàkǎ | - telephone card |
| 电话机 | 電話機 | diànhuàjī | - telephone equipment |
| 电话簿 | 電話簿 | diànhuàbù | - telephone directory |
| 电话网 | 電話網 | diànhuàwǎng | - telephone network |
| 电话线 | 電話線 | diànhuàxiàn | - telephone line - telephone wire |
| 电话门 | 電話門 | DiànhuàMén | - "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records |
| 风凉话 | 風涼話 | fēngliánghuà | - sneering - sarcasm - cynical remarks |
| 闹笑话 | 鬧笑話 | nàoxiàohuà | - made to look a fool - a laughingstock |
| 不在话下 | 不在話下 | bùzàihuàxià | - to be nothing difficult - to be a cinch |
| 二话不说 | 二話不說 | èrhuàbùshuō | - not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection - without demur |
| 传呼电话 | 傳呼電話 | chuánhūdiànhuà | - to notify sb of a call - to call sb to the phone |
| 两岸对话 | 兩岸對話 | liǎngànduìhuà | - bilateral talks |
| 公用电话 | 公用電話 | gōngyòngdiànhuà | - public phone - CL:部[bu4] |
| 博客话剧 | 博客話劇 | bókèhuàjù | - blog drama (netspeak) |
| 句句实话 | 句句實話 | jùjùshíhuà | - to speak honestly (idiom) |
| 可视电话 | 可視電話 | kěshìdiànhuà | - videophone |
| 哪儿的话 | 哪兒的話 | nǎrdehuà | - (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) - don't mention it |
| 固定电话 | 固定電話 | gùdìngdiànhuà | - landline telephone - fixed-line telephone |
| 国际电话 | 國際電話 | guójìdiànhuà | - international call |
| 实话实说 | 實話實說 | shíhuàshíshuō | - to tell the truth - to tell it as it is |
| 对讲电话 | 對講電話 | duìjiǎngdiànhuà | - intercom |
| 希腊神话 | 希臘神話 | Xīlàshénhuà | - Greek mythology |
| 废话连篇 | 廢話連篇 | fèihuàliánpiān | - a bunch of nonsense - verbose and rambling |
| 换句话说 | 換句話說 | huànjùhuàshuō | - in other words |
| 畅谈话卡 | 暢談話卡 | chàngtánhuàkǎ | - long-term calling card (telephone) |
| 有话快说 | 有話快說 | yǒuhuàkuàishuō | - spit it out! |
| 有话要说 | 有話要說 | yǒuhuàyàoshuō | - to speak one's mind |
| 江淮官话 | 江淮官話 | JiāngHuáiguānhuà | - Jianghuai Mandarin |
| 满口脏话 | 滿口髒話 | mǎnkǒuzānghuà | - to pour out obscenities - filthy mouthed |
| 无线电话 | 無線電話 | wúxiàndiànhuà | - radio telephony - wireless telephone |
| 无话不谈 | 無話不談 | wúhuàbùtán | - not to hold anything back (idiom) - (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything |
| 无话可说 | 無話可說 | wúhuàkěshuō | - to have nothing to say (idiom) |
| 神话故事 | 神話故事 | shénhuàgùshi | - mythological story - myth |
| 移动电话 | 移動電話 | yídòngdiànhuà | - mobile telephone |
| 程控电话 | 程控電話 | chéngkòngdiànhuà | - automatic telephone exchange |
| 空口白话 | 空口白話 | kōngkǒubáihuà | - empty promises |
| 空话连篇 | 空話連篇 | kōnghuàliánpiān | - long-winded empty talk |
| 童话故事 | 童話故事 | tónghuàgùshì | - fairy tale |
| 精神训话 | 精神訓話 | jīngshénxùnhuà | - pep talk |
| 网际电话 | 網際電話 | wǎngjìdiànhuà | - Internet phone |
| 行动电话 | 行動電話 | xíngdòngdiànhuà | - mobile telephone |
| 话中有刺 | 話中有刺 | huàzhōngyǒucì | - hidden barbs in one's words - hostile subtext |
| 话中有话 | 話中有話 | huàzhōngyǒuhuà | - overtones in conversation - things indirectly implied from what is said |
| 话到嘴边 | 話到嘴邊 | huàdàozuǐbiān | - to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind |
| 话多不甜 | 話多不甜 | huàduōbùtián | - too much talk is a nuisance (idiom) |
| 话里套话 | 話裡套話 | huàlǐtàohuà | - 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 | 話裡有話 | huàlǐyǒuhuà | - to have hidden meaning - implication - more than just the apparent meaning - something hinted |
| 话说回来 | 話說回來 | huàshuōhuílai | - returning to our main topic,... - that said,... - again,... - in this connection - in passing - nevertheless,... - anyhow |
| 话虽如此 | 話雖如此 | huàsuīrúcǐ | - be that as it may |
| 说来话长 | 說來話長 | shuōláihuàcháng | - start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
| 说话算数 | 說話算數 | shuōhuàsuànshù | - to keep one's promise - to mean what one says |
| 说话算话 | 說話算話 | shuōhuàsuànhuà | - to do as promised - to be as good as one's word - to honor one's word - to mean what one says |
| 说风凉话 | 說風涼話 | shuōfēngliánghuà | - to sneer - to make cynical remarks - sarcastic talk |
| 长话短说 | 長話短說 | chánghuàduǎnshuō | - to make a long story short (idiom) |
| 长途话费 | 長途話費 | chángtúhuàfèi | - long distance call charge |
| 长途电话 | 長途電話 | chángtúdiànhuà | - long-distance call |
| 闲话家常 | 閑話家常 | xiánhuàjiācháng | - to chat about domestic trivia (idiom) |
| 电话信号 | 電話信號 | diànhuàxìnhào | - telephone signal |
| 电话区码 | 電話區碼 | diànhuàqūmǎ | - area code - telephone dialing code |
| 电话区号 | 電話區號 | diànhuàqūhào | - telephone area code |
| 电话会议 | 電話會議 | diànhuàhuìyì | - (telephone) conference call |
| 电话服务 | 電話服務 | diànhuàfúwù | - telephone service |
| 电话网路 | 電話網路 | diànhuàwǎnglù | - telephone network |
| 电话线路 | 電話線路 | diànhuàxiànlù | - telephone line |
| 电话铃声 | 電話鈴聲 | diànhuàlíngshēng | - (telephone) ring - ringing |
| 风流佳话 | 風流佳話 | fēngliújiāhuà | - romance - romantic affair |
| 鬼话连篇 | 鬼話連篇 | guǐhuàliánpiān | - to tell one lie after another (idiom) - to talk nonsense - bogus story |
| 打开话匣子 | 打開話匣子 | dǎkāihuàxiázi | - to start talking |
| 移动式电话 | 移動式電話 | yídòngshìdiànhuà | - mobile telephone |
| 空口说白话 | 空口說白話 | kōngkǒushuōbáihuà | - to make empty promises |
| 话又说回来 | 話又說回來 | huàyòushuōhuílai | - returning to our main topic,... - that said,... - again,... - in this connection - in passing - nevertheless,... - anyhow |
| 说不出话来 | 說不出話來 | shuōbùchūhuàlái | - speechless |
| 说话不当话 | 說話不當話 | shuōhuàbùdànghuà | - to fail to keep to one's word - to break a promise |
| 说话要算数 | 說話要算數 | shuōhuàyàosuànshù | - promises must be kept |
| 金瓶梅词话 | 金瓶梅詞話 | JīnPíngMéiCíHuà | - Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content |
| 对方付款电话 | 對方付款電話 | duìfāngfùkuǎndiànhuà | - collect call |
| 对方付费电话 | 對方付費電話 | duìfāngfùfèidiànhuà | - collect call |
| 常规铜电话线 | 常規銅電話線 | chángguītóngdiànhuàxiàn | - ordinary copper telephone line |
| 真心话大冒险 | 真心話大冒險 | ZhēnxīnhuàDàMàoxiǎn | - The Moment of Truth (TV show) - Truth or Dare (game) |
| 三句话不离本行 | 三句話不離本行 | sānjùhuàbùlíběnháng | - to talk shop all the time (idiom) |
| 公用交换电话网 | 公用交換電話網 | gōngyòngjiāohuàndiànhuàwǎng | - public switched telephone network - PSTN |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | 打開天窗說亮話 | dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà | - not to mince words - not to beat about the bush |
| 站着说话不腰疼 | 站著說話不腰疼 | zhànzheshuōhuàbùyāoténg | - it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom) - to be an armchair expert - to blabber on |
| 话不投机半句多 | 話不投機半句多 | huàbùtóujībànjùduō | - when words get sour, adding words is useless (idiom) |
| 话到嘴边留三分 | 話到嘴邊留三分 | huàdàozuǐbiānliúsānfēn | - A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom) |
| 阿比西尼亚官话 | 阿比西尼亞官話 | ĀbǐxīníyàGuānhuà | - Amharic (language) |
| 不问就听不到假话 | 不問就聽不到假話 | bùwènjiùtīngbùdàojiǎhuà | - Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom) |
| 公共交换电话网路 | 公共交換電話網路 | gōnggòngjiāohuàndiànhuàwǎnglù | - public switched telephone network - PSTN |
| 日本电报电话公司 | 日本電報電話公司 | RìběnDiànbàoDiànhuàGōngsī | - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone - NTT |
| 美国电话电报公司 | 美國電話電報公司 | MěiguóDiànhuàDiànbàoGōngsī | - AT&T |
| 听话听声，锣鼓听音 | 聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 | tīnghuàtīngshēng,luógǔtīngyīn | - to understand the unspoken implications (idiom) |
| 国际电报电话咨询委员会 | 國際電報電話咨詢委員會 | GuójìDiànbàoDiànhuàZīxúnWěiyuánhuì | - International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) |
| 听君一席话，胜读十年书 | 聽君一席話，勝讀十年書 | tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū | - listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb) |
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