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tán
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to speak
  2. 2. to talk
  3. 3. to converse
  4. 4. to chat
  5. 5. to discuss

Example Sentences

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她很健
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1883103)

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Words Containing 谈

谈天
tán tiān

to chat

美谈
měi tán

anecdote passed on with approbation

辟室密谈
pì shì mì tán

to discuss behind closed doors

撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán

to ignore an issue (idiom)

侈谈
chǐ tán

to prate

大谈
dà tán

to harangue

畅谈
chàng tán

to talk freely

谈吐
tán tǔ

style of conversation

长谈
cháng tán

a long talk

座谈
zuò tán

to have an informal discussion

谈判桌
tán pàn zhuō

conference table

六方会谈
liù fāng huì tán

six-sided talks (on North Korea)

免谈
miǎn tán

out of the question; pointless to discuss it

谈判
tán pàn

to negotiate

谈恋爱
tán liàn ài

to court

谈妥
tán tuǒ

to come to terms; to reach an agreement

谈资
tán zī

sth that people like to chat about

清谈节目
qīng tán jié mù

talk show

司马谈
sī mǎ tán

Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān]

谈虎色变
tán hǔ sè biàn

to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)

面谈
miàn tán

face-to-face meeting

朝鲜核谈
cháo xiǎn hé tán

talks on North Korea's nuclear program

谈判地位
tán pàn dì wèi

bargaining position

座谈会
zuò tán huì

conference

谈天说地
tán tiān shuō dì

to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun

纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng

lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)

奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn

strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)

谈及
tán jí

to talk about

扯谈
chě tán

to talk nonsense (dialect)

访谈
fǎng tán

to visit and discuss

谈经
tán jīng

to explain a sutra

谈情说爱
tán qíng shuō ài

to murmur endearments (idiom)

侃侃而谈
kǎn kǎn ér tán

to speak frankly with assurance

谈起
tán qǐ

to mention

混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán

to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle

倾谈
qīng tán

to have a good talk

谈不上
tán bu shàng

to be out of the question

谈判制度
tán pàn zhì dù

collective bargaining system

无话不谈
wú huà bù tán

(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything

谈古论今
tán gǔ lùn jīn

to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)

言谈
yán tán

discourse

晤谈
wù tán

to speak face to face

和谈
hé tán

peace talks

交谈
jiāo tán

to discuss; to converse

奇谈
qí tán

odd story

会谈
huì tán

talks

商谈
shāng tán

to confer

谈到
tán dào

to refer to

纵谈
zòng tán

to talk freely

夸夸其谈
kuā kuā qí tán

to talk big

丛谈
cóng tán

discussion

促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn

to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)

谈判地
tán pàn dì

place for negotiations

空谈
kōng tán

prattle

深谈
shēn tán

to have an in depth conversation

聚谈
jù tán

to have a discussion in a group

谈不拢
tán bù lǒng

can't come to an agreement

闲谈
xián tán

to chat

谈谈
tán tán

to discuss

谈笑风生
tán xiào fēng shēng

to talk cheerfully and wittily

攀谈
pān tán

to chat

大谈特谈
dà tán tè tán

to keep on talking about

谈朋友
tán péng you

to be dating sb

谈得来
tán de lái

to be able to talk to

谈价
tán jià

to negotiate (prices)

泛泛而谈
fàn fàn ér tán

to speak in general terms

叙谈
xù tán

to chat

谈星
tán xīng

astrology

清谈
qīng tán

light intellectual conversation

谈性变色
tán xìng biàn sè

to turn green at the mention of sex

谈何容易
tán hé róng yì

easier said than done (idiom)

谐谈
xié tán

joking

洽谈
qià tán

to discuss

健谈
jiàn tán

entertaining in conversation

街谈巷议
jiē tán xiàng yì

(idiom) town gossip

无所不谈
wú suǒ bù tán

to talk about everything

梦溪笔谈
mèng xī bǐ tán

Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[shěn kuò], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass

谈论
tán lùn

to discuss; to talk about

不经之谈
bù jīng zhī tán

absurd statement

畅谈话卡
chàng tán huà kǎ

long-term calling card (telephone)

杂谈
zá tán

discussion of various topics

高谈阔论
gāo tán kuò lùn

to harangue

笑谈
xiào tán

object of ridicule

对谈
duì tán

to talk with sb (face to face)

谈笑自若
tán xiào zì ruò

to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened

密谈
mì tán

commune

和平会谈
hé píng huì tán

peace talks

笔谈
bǐ tán

to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking)

老生常谈
lǎo shēng cháng tán

a truism

乡谈
xiāng tán

local dialect

无稽之谈
wú jī zhī tán

complete nonsense (idiom)

谈心
tán xīn

to have a heart-to-heart chat

教育相谈
jiào yù xiāng tán

education counselor

谈话
tán huà

to talk (with sb)

和平谈判
hé píng tán pàn

peace negotiations

首脑会谈
shǒu nǎo huì tán

summit talks

言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu

articulate in speech (idiom)

核谈判
hé tán pàn

nuclear negotiations

闭口不谈
bì kǒu bù tán

to refuse to say anything about (idiom)