reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
secret story; unknown episode
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
lovers talk; sweet nothings
retelling (of a tale, legend, etc.)
night chat; tale told at night; book of informal essays
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
coming to talk; conversation one came (to a place) to have
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
similar story; variant tale
talk; conversation; dialogue
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
anecdote; brief (comic) story
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
(the art of) storytelling
confabulation; fabrication
conversing from the heart; love story
small talk; gossip; spoken language; colloquial expression
good story; beautiful story; heartwarming story
Standard Chinese; Modern Standard Mandarin; Putonghua
classified telephone directory
(a) short story; short-story writer
subscribed telephone; subscription telephone
intra-city telephone call; local call
(telephone) call forwarding; call diversion
intercom; intercommunication system
Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty); Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China)
round table meeting or talks
talking to oneself; conducting a monologue
conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
self-contained (of a story)
heartbreaking story; tragic tale