話: dialect; speech, talk, language

話 [话] huà

noun
: dialect; language
: spoken words; speech; talk; words
: conversation; what somebody said

話 | はなし hanashi

noun
: talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
: discussions; negotiation; argument

話す | はなす hanasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
: to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
: to speak (a language)

話せる | はなせる hanaseru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be understanding; to be sensible

話劇 [话剧] hua4ju2: stage play; modern drama

話題 [话题] hua4ti2: subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
[話題 | わだい wadai: topic; subject]

話[话]筒 hua4tong3: microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset

話費 [话费] hua4fei4: call charge

話語 [话语] hua4yu3: words; speech; utterance; discourse

電話 [电话] dian4hua4: telephone; phone call; phone number
[電話 | でんわ denwa: telephone]

打電話 [打电话] da3 dian4hua4: to make a telephone call

會話 [会话] hui4hua4: conversation

說話 [说话] shuo1hua4: to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

講話 [讲话] jiang3hua4: a speech; to speak; to talk; to address [講話 | こうわ kouwa: lecture; discourse]

童話[话] tong2hua4: fairy tale [童話 | どうわ douwa: fairy-tale]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
話々 | はなしばなし hanashi banashi: small talk

御世話様 | おせわさま osewa sama
: thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one

御化け話 | おばけばなし obake banashi
: ghost story; spooky story

御土産話 | おみやげばなし omiyage banashi
: trip story; vacation story

閑話休題 | かんわきゅうだい kanwa kyuudai
: (yoji) Now let’s return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)

世話のかかる | せわのかかる sewa no kakaru
: to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden

余計な御世話 | よけいなおせわ yokei na o sewa
: Mind your own business
OR
大きに御世話だ | おおきにおせわだ ookiniosewada
: It’s none of your business

奇妙な話だが | きみょうなはなしだが kimyou na hanashi daga
: curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell

御世話になる | おせわになる osewa ni naru
: to receive favor; to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be grateful

阿呆の話食い | あほうのはなしぐい ahou no hanashi gui
: fools act without thinking

大変お世話になりありがとうございました | たいへんおせわになりありがとうございました
taihen o sewa ni nari arigatou gozaimashita
: thank you for all your hard work

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
話說回來 [话说回来] hua4 shuo1 hui2 lai5
: returning to our main topic,…; that said,…; again,…; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,…; anyhow

有話快說 [有话快说] you3 hua4 kuai4 shuo1
: spit it out!

說來話長 [说来话长] shuo1 lai2 hua4 chang2
: start explaining and it’s a long story; complicated and not easy to express succinctly

說話算數 [说话算数] shuo1 hua4 suan4 shu4
: to keep one’s promise; to mean what one says

說話算話 [说话算话] shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4
: to do as promised; to be as good as one’s word; to honor one’s word; to mean what one says

不問就聽不到假話 [不问就听不到假话] bu4 wen4 jiu4 ting1 bu4 dao4 jia3 hua4
: Don’t ask and you won’t be told any lies

打開天窗說亮話 [打开天窗说亮话] da3 kai1 tian1 chuang1 shuo1 liang4 hua4
: not to mince words; not to beat about the bush

站著說話不腰疼 [站着说话不腰疼] zhan4 zhe5 shuo1 hua4 bu4 yao1 teng2
: it’s all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; to be an armchair expert; to blabber on

聽君一席話，勝讀十年書 [听君一席话，胜读十年书] ting1 jun1 yi1 xi2 hua4 , sheng4 du2 shi2 nian2 shu1
: listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 [听话听声，锣鼓听音] ting1 hua4 ting1 sheng1 , luo2 gu3 ting1 yin1
: to understand the unspoken implications

話到嘴邊留三分 [话到嘴边留三分] hua4 dao4 zui3 bian1 liu2 san1 fen1
: A still tongue makes a wise head