话头

Traditional form:

話頭

Pinyin (reading):

huàtóu

Definitions:

• subject (under discussion)
• thread (of an argument)

Characters:

• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top

Traditional characters:

• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top