| 談 | [ tán ] surname Tan |
| 談 | [ tán ] to speak, to talk, to converse, to chat, to discuss |
| 談不上 | [ tán bu shàng ] to be out of the question |
| 談不攏 | [ tán bù lǒng ] can't come to an agreement |
| 談何容易 | [ tán hé róng yì ] easier said than done (idiom) |
| 談價 | [ tán jià ] to negotiate (prices), to haggle |
| 談判 | [ tán pàn ] to negotiate, negotiation, talks, conference, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 談判制度 | [ tán pàn zhì dù ] collective bargaining system |
| 談判桌 | [ tán pàn zhuō ] conference table |
| 談到 | [ tán daò ] to refer to, to speak about, to talk about |
| 談及 | [ tán jí ] to talk about, to mention |
| 談古論今 | [ tán gǔ lùn jīn ] to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom), to chat freely, to discuss everything |
| 談吐 | [ tán tǔ ] style of conversation |
| 談天 | [ tán tiān ] to chat |
| 談天說地 | [ tán tiān shuō dì ] to talk endlessly, talking of anything under the sun |
| 談得來 | [ tán de laí ] to be able to talk to, to get along with, to be congenial |
| 談心 | [ tán xīn ] to have a heart-to-heart chat |
| 談性變色 | [ tán xìng biàn sè ] to turn green at the mention of sex, prudish |
| 談情說愛 | [ tán qíng shuō aì ] to murmur endearments (idiom), to get into a romantic relationship |
| 談戀愛 | [ tán liàn aì ] to court, to go steady, to be dating |
| 談星 | [ tán xīng ] astrology, fortune-telling |
| 談朋友 | [ tán péng you ] to be dating sb |
| 談笑自若 | [ tán zì ruò ] to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened, to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) |
| 談笑風生 | [ tán fēng shēng ] to talk cheerfully and wittily, to joke together |
| 談經 | [ tán jīng ] to explain a sutra, to expound the classics |
| 談虎色變 | [ tán hǔ sè biàn ] to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom), to be scared at the mere mention of |
| 談話 | [ tán huà ] to talk (with sb), to have a conversation, talk, conversation, CL:次[ci4] |
| 談談 | [ tán tán ] to discuss, to have a chat |
| 談論 | [ tán lùn ] to discuss, to talk about |
| 談資 | [ tán zī ] sth that people like to chat about, topic of idle conversation |
| 談起 | [ tán qǐ ] to mention, to speak of, to talk about |
| ⇒ 不經之談 | [ bù jīng zhī tán ] absurd statement, cock-and-bull story |
| ⇒ 交談 | [ tán ] to discuss, to converse, chat, discussion |
| ⇒ 侃侃而談 | [ kǎn kǎn ér tán ] to speak frankly with assurance |
| ⇒ 侈談 | [ chǐ tán ] to prate |
| ⇒ 促膝談心 | [ cù xī tán xīn ] to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom) |
| ⇒ 健談 | [ jiàn tán ] entertaining in conversation |
| ⇒ 傾談 | [ qīng tán ] to have a good talk |
| ⇒ 六方會談 | [ liù fāng huì tán ] six-sided talks (on North Korea) |
| ⇒ 十日談 | [ 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] |
| ⇒ 叢談 | [ cóng tán ] discussion, forum |
| ⇒ 司馬談 | [ sī mǎ tán ] Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] |
| ⇒ 和平會談 | [ hé píng huì tán ] peace talks, peace discussions |
| ⇒ 和平談判 | [ hé píng tán pàn ] peace negotiations |
| ⇒ 和談 | [ hé tán ] peace talks |
| ⇒ 商談 | [ shāng tán ] to confer, to discuss, to engage in talks |
| ⇒ 夢溪筆談 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 大談 | [ dà tán ] to harangue, to yak |
| ⇒ 大談特談 | [ dà tán tè tán ] to keep on talking about |
| ⇒ 大談特談 | [ dà tán tè tán ] to keep on talking about |
| ⇒ 奇談 | [ qí tán ] odd story, exotic tale, fig. ridiculous argument |
| ⇒ 奇談怪論 | [ qí tán lùn ] strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom), unreasonable remarks |
| ⇒ 密談 | [ mì tán ] commune, private discussion |
| ⇒ 對談 | [ duì tán ] to talk with sb (face to face), discussion, talk, chat |
| ⇒ 座談 | [ zuò tán ] to have an informal discussion, CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 座談會 | [ zuò tán huì ] conference, symposium, rap session |
| ⇒ 扯談 | [ chě tán ] to talk nonsense (dialect) |
| ⇒ 撇開不談 | [ piē kaī bù tán ] to ignore an issue (idiom) |
| ⇒ 攀談 | [ pān tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 敘談 | [ xù tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 教育相談 | [ yù xiāng tán ] education counselor |
| ⇒ 晤談 | [ wù tán ] to speak face to face, meeting, interview |
| ⇒ 暢談 | [ chàng tán ] to talk freely, to discuss without inhibition |
| ⇒ 暢談話卡 | [ chàng tán huà kǎ ] long-term calling card (telephone) |
| ⇒ 會談 | [ huì tán ] talks, discussions, CL:次[ci4] |
| ⇒ 朝鮮核談 | [ chaó xiǎn hé tán ] talks on North Korea's nuclear program |
| ⇒ 核談判 | [ hé tán pàn ] nuclear negotiations |
| ⇒ 泛泛而談 | [ fàn fàn ér tán ] to speak in general terms |
| ⇒ 洽談 | [ qià tán ] to discuss |
| ⇒ 深談 | [ shēn tán ] to have an in depth conversation, to have intimate talks, to discuss thoroughly |
| ⇒ 混為一談 | [ hùn weí yī tán ] to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle |
| ⇒ 清談 | [ qīng tán ] light intellectual conversation |
| ⇒ 清談節目 | [ qīng tán jié mù ] talk show |
| ⇒ 無所不談 | [ wú suǒ bù tán ] to talk about everything |
| ⇒ 無稽之談 | [ wú jī zhī tán ] complete nonsense (idiom) |
| ⇒ 無話不談 | [ wú huà bù tán ] not to hold anything back (idiom), (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything |
| ⇒ 空談 | [ kōng tán ] prattle, idle chit-chat |
| ⇒ 笑談 | [ tán ] object of ridicule, laughingstock, to laugh over sth, to make light chat |
| ⇒ 筆談 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 紙上談兵 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 縱談 | [ zòng tán ] to talk freely |
| ⇒ 美談 | [ meǐ tán ] anecdote passed on with approbation |
| ⇒ 老生常談 | [ laǒ shēng cháng tán ] an old observation (idiom), a truism, banal comments |
| ⇒ 聚談 | [ jù tán ] to have a discussion in a group, to have a chat with sb |
| ⇒ 街談巷議 | [ jiē tán xiàng yì ] (idiom) town gossip, streetcorner conversations |
| ⇒ 言談 | [ yán tán ] discourse, words, utterance, what one says, manner of speech |
| ⇒ 言談林藪 | [ yán tán lín soǔ ] articulate in speech (idiom), eloquent |
| ⇒ 訪談 | [ fǎng tán ] to visit and discuss, to interview |
| ⇒ 誇誇其談 | [ kuā kuā qí tán ] to talk big, to sound off, bombastic, grandiloquent |
| ⇒ 談談 | [ tán tán ] to discuss, to have a chat |
| ⇒ 諧談 | [ xié tán ] joking, humorous talk |
| ⇒ 鄉談 | [ xiāng tán ] local dialect |
| ⇒ 長談 | [ cháng tán ] a long talk |
| ⇒ 閉口不談 | [ bì koǔ bù tán ] to refuse to say anything about (idiom), to remain tight-lipped, to avoid mentioning |
| ⇒ 閑談 | [ xián tán ] variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2] |
| ⇒ 閒談 | [ xián tán ] to chat |
| ⇒ 闢室密談 | [ pì shì mì tán ] to discuss behind closed doors |
| ⇒ 雜談 | [ zá tán ] discussion of various topics |
| ⇒ 面談 | [ miàn tán ] face-to-face meeting, an interview |
| ⇒ 首腦會談 | [ shoǔ naǒ huì tán ] summit talks, discussion between heads of state |
| ⇒ 高談闊論 | [ gaō tán kuò lùn ] to harangue, loud arrogant talk, to spout |