| 1 | 谈 | 談 | tán | Tan2 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname Tan | | |
| 2 | 谈话 | 談話 | tán huà | tan2 hua4 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 3 | 谈到 | 談到 | tán dào | tan2 dao4 | to refer to; to speak about; to talk about | | |
| 4 | 座谈会 | 座談會 | zuò tán huì | zuo4 tan2 hui4 | conference; symposium; rap session | | |
| 5 | 交谈 | 交談 | jiāo tán | jiao1 tan2 | to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion | | |
| 6 | 谈判 | 談判 | tán pàn | tan2 pan4 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 谈论 | 談論 | tán lùn | tan2 lun4 | to discuss; to talk about | | |
| 8 | 谈不上 | 談不上 | tán bu shàng | tan2 bu5 shang4 | to be out of the question | | |
| 9 | 会谈 | 會談 | huì tán | hui4 tan2 | talks; discussions; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 10 | 座谈 | 座談 | zuò tán | zuo4 tan2 | to have an informal discussion; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 11 | 谈心 | 談心 | tán xīn | tan2 xin1 | to have a heart-to-heart chat | | |
| 12 | 谈谈 | 談談 | tán tán | tan2 tan2 | to discuss; to have a chat | | |
| 13 | 混为一谈 | 混為一談 | hùn wéi yī tán | hun4 wei2 yi1 tan2 | to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle | | |
| 14 | 洽谈 | 洽談 | qià tán | qia4 tan2 | to discuss | | |
| 15 | 闲谈 | 閑談 | xián tán | xian2 tan2 | chat; to chat; variant of 闲谈 | | |
| 16 | 无所不谈 | 無所不談 | wú suǒ bù tán | wu2 suo3 bu4 tan2 | to talk about everything | | |
| 17 | 大谈特谈 | 大談特談 | dà tán tè tán | da4 tan2 te4 tan2 | to keep on talking about | | |
| 18 | 核谈判 | 核談判 | hé tán pàn | he2 tan2 pan4 | nuclear negotiations | | |
| 19 | 海外奇谈 | 海外奇談 | hǎi wài qí tán | hai3 wai4 qi2 tan2 | traveler's tale; tall story (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 大谈 | 大談 | dà tán | da4 tan2 | to harangue; to yak | | |
| 21 | 促膝谈心 | 促膝談心 | cù xī tán xīn | cu4 xi1 tan2 xin1 | to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 丛谈 | 叢談 | cóng tán | cong2 tan2 | discussion; forum | | |
| 23 | 扯谈 | 扯談 | chě tán | che3 tan2 | to talk nonsense (dialect) | | |
| 24 | 畅谈话卡 | 暢談話卡 | chàng tán huà kǎ | chang4 tan2 hua4 ka3 | long-term calling card (telephone) | | |
| 25 | 畅谈 | 暢談 | chàng tán | chang4 tan2 | to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition | | |