话头 (話頭) huàtóu

  1. huàtóu noun a subject
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of a discussion, etc; in the sense of 话题 (CC-CEDICT '話頭'; Guoyu '話頭' 2)
  2. huàtóu noun a prolog
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: At the start of a play (Guoyu '話頭' 1)
  3. huàtóu noun news; correspondence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 音讯 or 消息 (Guoyu '話頭' 3)
  4. huàtóu noun topic of inquiry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '話頭' 4)
  5. huàtóu noun pass phrase
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '話頭' 5)

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  • 牢记话头 (牢記話頭) 看官牢記話頭 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 5
  • 话头不好 (話頭不好) 彩屏等聽這話頭不好 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 115 — count: 2