| 1 | 话 | 話 | huà | hua4 | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; Classifiers: 种 ; old variant of 话 | | |
| 2 | 说话 | 說話 | shuō huà | shuo1 hua4 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | | |
| 3 | 的话 | 的話 | de huà | de5 hua4 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | | |
| 4 | 电话 | 電話 | diàn huà | dian4 hua4 | telephone; Classifiers: 部 ; phone number | | |
| 5 | 谈话 | 談話 | tán huà | tan2 hua4 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 6 | 讲话 | 講話 | jiǎng huà | jiang3 hua4 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 一句话 | 一句話 | yī jù huà | yi1 ju4 hua4 | in a word; in short | | |
| 8 | 神话 | 神話 | shén huà | shen2 hua4 | legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology | | |
| 9 | 话语 | 話語 | huà yǔ | hua4 yu3 | words; speech; utterance; discourse | | |
| 10 | 打电话 | 打電話 | dǎ diàn huà | da3 dian4 hua4 | to make a telephone call | | |
| 11 | 话剧 | 話劇 | huà jù | hua4 ju4 | stage play; modern drama; Classifiers: 台 | | |
| 12 | 笑话 | 笑話 | xiào huà | xiao4 hua4 | joke; jest; Classifiers: 个 ; to laugh at; to mock | | |
| 13 | 普通话 | 普通話 | pǔ tōng huà | pu3 tong1 hua4 | Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech | | |
| 14 | 话题 | 話題 | huà tí | hua4 ti2 | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic | | |
| 15 | 童话 | 童話 | tóng huà | tong2 hua4 | children's fairy tales | | |
| 16 | 话筒 | 話筒 | huà tǒng | hua4 tong3 | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset | | |
| 17 | 换句话说 | 換句話說 | huàn jù huà shuō | huan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1 | in other words | | |
| 18 | 对话 | 對話 | duì huà | dui4 hua4 | dialogue; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 19 | 俗话说 | 俗話說 | sú huà shuō | su2 hua4 shuo1 | as the proverb says; as they say... | | |
| 20 | 听话 | 聽話 | tīng huà | ting1 hua4 | to do what one is told; obedient | | |
| 21 | 话音 | 話音 | huà yīn | hua4 yin1 | one's speaking voice; tone; implication | | |
| 22 | 话说 | 話說 | huà shuō | hua4 shuo1 | It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | | |
| 23 | 白话 | 白話 | bái huà | bai2 hua4 | spoken language; vernacular | | |
| 24 | 电话机 | 電話機 | diàn huà jī | dian4 hua4 ji1 | telephone set | | |
| 25 | 心里话 | 心裡話 | xīn li huà | xin1 li5 hua4 | (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind | | |