| 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 | 谈判 | 談判 | tán pàn | tan2 pan4 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 5 | 谈论 | 談論 | tán lùn | tan2 lun4 | to discuss; to talk about | | |
| 6 | 谈不上 | 談不上 | tán bu shàng | tan2 bu5 shang4 | to be out of the question | | |
| 7 | 谈心 | 談心 | tán xīn | tan2 xin1 | to have a heart-to-heart chat | | |
| 8 | 谈谈 | 談談 | tán tán | tan2 tan2 | to discuss; to have a chat | | |
| 9 | 谈笑自若 | 談笑自若 | tán xiào zì ruò | tan2 xiao4 zi4 ruo4 | to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) | | |
| 10 | 谈天说地 | 談天說地 | tán tiān shuō dì | tan2 tian1 shuo1 di4 | to talk endlessly; talking of anything under the sun | | |
| 11 | 谈吐 | 談吐 | tán tǔ | tan2 tu3 | style of conversation | | |
| 12 | 谈吐幽默 | 談吐幽默 | tán tǔ yōu mò | tan2 tu3 you1 mo4 | to talk with a sense of humor (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 谈笑 | 談笑 | tán xiào | tan2 xiao4 | chatting and laughing | | |
| 14 | 谈笑封侯 | 談笑封侯 | tán xiào fēng hóu | tan2 xiao4 feng1 hou2 | to rise in the world with great ease (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 谈笑风生 | 談笑風生 | tán xiào fēng shēng | tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1 | to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together | | |
| 16 | 谈笑如前 | 談笑如前 | tán xiào rú qián | tan2 xiao4 ru2 qian2 | to talk and laugh together just as in the past (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 谈情说爱 | 談情說愛 | tán qíng shuō ài | tan2 qing2 shuo1 ai4 | to murmur endearments (idiom); to get into a romantic relationship | | |
| 18 | 谈心说性 | 談心說性 | tán xīn shuō xìng | tan2 xin1 shuo1 xing4 | Neo-Confucian speculation on mind and nature (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 谈星 | 談星 | tán xīng | tan2 xing1 | astrology; fortune-telling | | |
| 20 | 谈性变色 | 談性變色 | tán xìng biàn sè | tan2 xing4 bian4 se4 | to turn green at the mention of sex; prudish | | |
| 21 | 谈言微中 | 談言微中 | tán yán wēi zhòng | tan2 yan2 wei1 zhong4 | to speak tactfully but to the point; to make one's point through hints; to be able to satirize aptly (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 谈艺录 | 談藝錄 | tán yì lù | tan2 yi4 lu4 | Record of Discussions on Arts | | |
| 23 | 谈资 | 談資 | tán zī | tan2 zi1 | sth that people like to chat about; topic of idle conversation | | |
| 24 | 谈天论地 | 談天論地 | tán tiān lùn dì | tan2 tian1 lun4 di4 | to talk of everything under the sun (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 谈天 | 談天 | tán tiān | tan2 tian1 | to chat | | |