| 谈 | [ tán ] surname Tan |
| 谈 | [ tán ] to speak, to talk, to converse, to chat, to discuss |
| 谈不上 | [ tán bu shàng ] to be out of the question |
| 谈不拢 | [ tán bù lǒng ] can't come to an agreement |
| 谈何容易 | [ tán hé róng yì ] easier said than done (idiom) |
| 谈价 | [ tán jià ] to negotiate (prices), to haggle |
| 谈判 | [ tán pàn ] to negotiate, negotiation, talks, conference, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 谈判制度 | [ tán pàn zhì dù ] collective bargaining system |
| 谈判桌 | [ tán pàn zhuō ] conference table |
| 谈到 | [ tán daò ] to refer to, to speak about, to talk about |
| 谈及 | [ tán jí ] to talk about, to mention |
| 谈古论今 | [ tán gǔ lùn jīn ] to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom), to chat freely, to discuss everything |
| 谈吐 | [ tán tǔ ] style of conversation |
| 谈天 | [ tán tiān ] to chat |
| 谈天说地 | [ tán tiān shuō dì ] to talk endlessly, talking of anything under the sun |
| 谈得来 | [ tán de laí ] to be able to talk to, to get along with, to be congenial |
| 谈心 | [ tán xīn ] to have a heart-to-heart chat |
| 谈性变色 | [ tán xìng biàn sè ] to turn green at the mention of sex, prudish |
| 谈情说爱 | [ tán qíng shuō aì ] to murmur endearments (idiom), to get into a romantic relationship |
| 谈恋爱 | [ tán liàn aì ] to court, to go steady, to be dating |
| 谈星 | [ tán xīng ] astrology, fortune-telling |
| 谈朋友 | [ tán péng you ] to be dating sb |
| 谈笑自若 | [ tán zì ruò ] to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened, to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) |
| 谈笑风生 | [ tán fēng shēng ] to talk cheerfully and wittily, to joke together |
| 谈经 | [ tán jīng ] to explain a sutra, to expound the classics |
| 谈虎色变 | [ tán hǔ sè biàn ] to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom), to be scared at the mere mention of |
| 谈话 | [ tán huà ] to talk (with sb), to have a conversation, talk, conversation, CL:次[ci4] |
| 谈谈 | [ tán tán ] to discuss, to have a chat |
| 谈论 | [ tán lùn ] to discuss, to talk about |
| 谈资 | [ tán zī ] sth that people like to chat about, topic of idle conversation |
| 谈起 | [ tán qǐ ] to mention, to speak of, to talk about |
| ⇒ 不经之谈 | [ bù jīng zhī tán ] absurd statement, cock-and-bull story |
| ⇒ 交谈 | [ tán ] to discuss, to converse, chat, discussion |
| ⇒ 侃侃而谈 | [ kǎn kǎn ér tán ] to speak frankly with assurance |
| ⇒ 侈谈 | [ chǐ tán ] to prate |
| ⇒ 促膝谈心 | [ cù xī tán xīn ] to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom) |
| ⇒ 健谈 | [ jiàn tán ] entertaining in conversation |
| ⇒ 倾谈 | [ qīng tán ] to have a good talk |
| ⇒ 六方会谈 | [ liù fāng huì tán ] six-sided talks (on North Korea) |
| ⇒ 十日谈 | [ shí rì tán ] Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] |
| ⇒ 丛谈 | [ cóng tán ] discussion, forum |
| ⇒ 司马谈 | [ sī mǎ tán ] Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] |
| ⇒ 和平会谈 | [ hé píng huì tán ] peace talks, peace discussions |
| ⇒ 和平谈判 | [ hé píng tán pàn ] peace negotiations |
| ⇒ 和谈 | [ hé tán ] peace talks |
| ⇒ 商谈 | [ shāng tán ] to confer, to discuss, to engage in talks |
| ⇒ 梦溪笔谈 | [ mèng xī bǐ tán ] Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass |
| ⇒ 大谈 | [ dà tán ] to harangue, to yak |
| ⇒ 大谈特谈 | [ dà tán tè tán ] to keep on talking about |
| ⇒ 大谈特谈 | [ dà tán tè tán ] to keep on talking about |
| ⇒ 奇谈 | [ qí tán ] odd story, exotic tale, fig. ridiculous argument |
| ⇒ 奇谈怪论 | [ qí tán lùn ] strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom), unreasonable remarks |
| ⇒ 密谈 | [ mì tán ] commune, private discussion |
| ⇒ 对谈 | [ duì tán ] to talk with sb (face to face), discussion, talk, chat |
| ⇒ 座谈 | [ zuò tán ] to have an informal discussion, CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 座谈会 | [ zuò tán huì ] conference, symposium, rap session |
| ⇒ 扯谈 | [ chě tán ] to talk nonsense (dialect) |
| ⇒ 撇开不谈 | [ piē kaī bù tán ] to ignore an issue (idiom) |
| ⇒ 攀谈 | [ pān tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 叙谈 | [ xù tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 教育相谈 | [ yù xiāng tán ] education counselor |
| ⇒ 晤谈 | [ wù tán ] to speak face to face, meeting, interview |
| ⇒ 畅谈 | [ chàng tán ] to talk freely, to discuss without inhibition |
| ⇒ 畅谈话卡 | [ chàng tán huà kǎ ] long-term calling card (telephone) |
| ⇒ 会谈 | [ huì tán ] talks, discussions, CL:次[ci4] |
| ⇒ 朝鲜核谈 | [ chaó xiǎn hé tán ] talks on North Korea's nuclear program |
| ⇒ 核谈判 | [ hé tán pàn ] nuclear negotiations |
| ⇒ 泛泛而谈 | [ fàn fàn ér tán ] to speak in general terms |
| ⇒ 洽谈 | [ qià tán ] to discuss |
| ⇒ 深谈 | [ shēn tán ] to have an in depth conversation, to have intimate talks, to discuss thoroughly |
| ⇒ 混为一谈 | [ hùn weí yī tán ] to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle |
| ⇒ 清谈 | [ qīng tán ] light intellectual conversation |
| ⇒ 清谈节目 | [ qīng tán jié mù ] talk show |
| ⇒ 无所不谈 | [ wú suǒ bù tán ] to talk about everything |
| ⇒ 无稽之谈 | [ wú jī zhī tán ] complete nonsense (idiom) |
| ⇒ 无话不谈 | [ wú huà bù tán ] not to hold anything back (idiom), (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything |
| ⇒ 空谈 | [ kōng tán ] prattle, idle chit-chat |
| ⇒ 笑谈 | [ tán ] object of ridicule, laughingstock, to laugh over sth, to make light chat |
| ⇒ 笔谈 | [ bǐ tán ] to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking), to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue), (in book titles) essays, sketches |
| ⇒ 纸上谈兵 | [ zhǐ shàng tán bīng ] lit. military tactics on paper (idiom), fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice, armchair strategist, idle theorizing, cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC |
| ⇒ 纵谈 | [ zòng tán ] to talk freely |
| ⇒ 美谈 | [ meǐ tán ] anecdote passed on with approbation |
| ⇒ 老生常谈 | [ laǒ shēng cháng tán ] an old observation (idiom), a truism, banal comments |
| ⇒ 聚谈 | [ jù tán ] to have a discussion in a group, to have a chat with sb |
| ⇒ 街谈巷议 | [ jiē tán xiàng yì ] (idiom) town gossip, streetcorner conversations |
| ⇒ 言谈 | [ yán tán ] discourse, words, utterance, what one says, manner of speech |
| ⇒ 言谈林薮 | [ yán tán lín soǔ ] articulate in speech (idiom), eloquent |
| ⇒ 访谈 | [ fǎng tán ] to visit and discuss, to interview |
| ⇒ 夸夸其谈 | [ kuā kuā qí tán ] to talk big, to sound off, bombastic, grandiloquent |
| ⇒ 谈谈 | [ tán tán ] to discuss, to have a chat |
| ⇒ 谐谈 | [ xié tán ] joking, humorous talk |
| ⇒ 乡谈 | [ xiāng tán ] local dialect |
| ⇒ 长谈 | [ cháng tán ] a long talk |
| ⇒ 闭口不谈 | [ bì koǔ bù tán ] to refuse to say anything about (idiom), to remain tight-lipped, to avoid mentioning |
| ⇒ 闲谈 | [ xián tán ] variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2] |
| ⇒ 闲谈 | [ xián tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 辟室密谈 | [ pì shì mì tán ] to discuss behind closed doors |
| ⇒ 杂谈 | [ zá tán ] discussion of various topics |
| ⇒ 面谈 | [ miàn tán ] face-to-face meeting, an interview |
| ⇒ 首脑会谈 | [ shoǔ naǒ huì tán ] summit talks, discussion between heads of state |
| ⇒ 高谈阔论 | [ gaō tán kuò lùn ] to harangue, loud arrogant talk, to spout |
