| 话 | huà | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 投 | tóu | to throw; to send; to invest |
| 机 | jī | machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic; CL:台; surname Ji |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
| 句 | jù | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 多 | duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-; far more; in excess; how (to what extent) |
| 投机 | tóu jī | to speculate (on financial markets); opportunistic; congenial; agreeable |
