談 (taam4 | tan2) : talk; chat; converse; speak; remark

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談

taam4

tan2

[1] [v] talk; chat; converse; speak; discuss
[2] [n] remark; utterance; talk; gossip

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

談 / 谈

This word has been viewed 8947 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Apr 2015 02:49

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洽談 hap1 taam4 qia4 tan2 = discuss together

座談 zo6 taam4 zuo4 tan2 = to hold an informal discussion

聚談 zeoi6 taam4 ju4 tan2 = to chat 國

交談 gaau1 taam4 jiao1 tan2 = to discuss; to talk; to chat

暢談 coeng3 taam4 chang4 tan2 = to talk endlessly; to talk with no inhibitions

談戀愛 taam4 lyun2 oi3 tan2 lian4 ai4 = to court someone (formal); go steady 國

談判 taam4 pun3 tan2 pan4 = to negotiate; negotiation; conference

談判專家 taam4 pun3 zyun1 gaa1 tan2 pan4 zhuan1 jia1 = negotiations specialist; negotiations expert; negotiator

和平談判 wo4 ping4 taam4 pun3 he2 ping2 tan2 pan4 = peace talks; peace negotiation

談天 taam4 tin1 tan2 tian1 = to chat; chat 國
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可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.

我不是一個侃談的人國
I am not someone who will speak boldly.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 談
Unicode code for this character: U+8ac7 (off-site link)

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