说话

shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

话说

huà shuō It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount

说

shuō to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

shuì to persuade

话

huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

huà old variant of 話|话[hua4]