Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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 | 笔谈 | 筆談 | bǐ tán | bi3 tan2 | 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 | ||
18 | 闭口不谈 | 閉口不談 | bì kǒu bù tán | bi4 kou3 bu4 tan2 | to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to remain tight-lipped; to avoid mentioning | ||
19 | 不经之谈 | 不經之談 | bù jīng zhī tán | bu4 jing1 zhi1 tan2 | absurd statement; cock-and-bull story | ||
20 | 长谈 | 長談 | cháng tán | chang2 tan2 | a long talk | ||
21 | 畅谈 | 暢談 | chàng tán | chang4 tan2 | to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition | ||
22 | 畅谈话卡 | 暢談話卡 | chàng tán huà kǎ | chang4 tan2 hua4 ka3 | long-term calling card (telephone) | ||
23 | 朝鲜核谈 | 朝鮮核談 | cháo xiǎn hé tán | Chao2 xian3 he2 tan2 | talks on North Korea's nuclear program | ||
24 | 扯谈 | 扯談 | chě tán | che3 tan2 | to talk nonsense (dialect) | ||
25 | 侈谈 | 侈談 | chǐ tán | chi3 tan2 | to prate | ||
26 | 啜茶清谈 | 啜茶清談 | chuò chá qīng tán | chuo4 cha2 qing1 tan2 | to sip tea and chat (idiom) | ||
27 | 丛谈 | 叢談 | cóng tán | cong2 tan2 | discussion; forum | ||
28 | 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) | ||
29 | 大谈 | 大談 | dà tán | da4 tan2 | to harangue; to yak | ||
30 | 大谈特谈 | 大談特談 | dà tán tè tán | da4 tan2 te4 tan2 | to keep on talking about | ||
31 | 对谈 | 對談 | duì tán | dui4 tan2 | to talk with sb (face to face); discussion; talk; chat | ||
32 | 泛泛而谈 | 泛泛而談 | fàn fàn ér tán | fan4 fan4 er2 tan2 | to speak in general terms | ||
33 | 访谈 | 訪談 | fǎng tán | fang3 tan2 | to visit and discuss; to interview | ||
34 | 高谈阔论 | 高談闊論 | gāo tán kuò lùn | gao1 tan2 kuo4 lun4 | to harangue; loud arrogant talk; to spout | ||
35 | 海外奇谈 | 海外奇談 | hǎi wài qí tán | hai3 wai4 qi2 tan2 | traveler's tale; tall story (idiom) | ||
36 | 和平会谈 | 和平會談 | hé píng huì tán | he2 ping2 hui4 tan2 | peace talks; peace discussions | ||
37 | 和平谈判 | 和平談判 | hé píng tán pàn | he2 ping2 tan2 pan4 | peace negotiations | ||
38 | 和谈 | 和談 | hé tán | he2 tan2 | peace talks | ||
39 | 核谈判 | 核談判 | hé tán pàn | he2 tan2 pan4 | nuclear negotiations | ||
40 | 健谈 | 健談 | jiàn tán | jian4 tan2 | entertaining in conversation | ||
41 | 教育相谈 | 教育相談 | jiào yù xiāng tán | jiao4 yu4 xiang1 tan2 | education counselor | ||
42 | 街谈巷议 | 街談巷議 | jiē tán xiàng yì | jie1 tan2 xiang4 yi4 | (idiom) town gossip; streetcorner conversations | ||
43 | 举行会谈 | 舉行會談 | jǔ xíng huì tán | ju3 xing2 hui4 tan2 | to hold talks; to take part in discussions with | ||
44 | 聚谈 | 聚談 | jù tán | ju4 tan2 | to have a discussion in a group; to have a chat with sb | ||
45 | 侃侃而谈 | 侃侃而談 | kǎn kǎn ér tán | kan3 kan3 er2 tan2 | to speak frankly with assurance | ||
46 | 空谈 | 空談 | kōng tán | kong1 tan2 | prattle; idle chit-chat | ||
47 | 夸夸其谈 | 誇誇其談 | kuā kuā qí tán | kua1 kua1 qi2 tan2 | to talk big; to sound off; bombastic; grandiloquent | ||
48 | 阔步高谈 | 闊步高談 | kuò bù gāo tán | kuo4 bu4 gao1 tan2 | to walk and speak pretentiously (idiom) | ||
49 | 老生常谈 | 老生常談 | lǎo shēng cháng tán | lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2 | an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments | ||
50 | 六方会谈 | 六方會談 | liù fāng huì tán | liu4 fang1 hui4 tan2 | six-sided talks (on North Korea) | ||
51 | 美谈 | 美談 | měi tán | mei3 tan2 | anecdote passed on with approbation | ||
52 | 梦溪笔谈 | 夢溪筆談 | mèng xī bǐ tán | Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2 | Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括 , book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass | ||
53 | 密谈 | 密談 | mì tán | mi4 tan2 | commune; private discussion | ||
54 | 面谈 | 面談 | miàn tán | mian4 tan2 | face-to-face meeting; an interview | ||
55 | 攀谈 | 攀談 | pān tán | pan1 tan2 | to chat | ||
56 | 烹茗清谈 | 烹茗清談 | pēng míng qīng tán | peng1 ming2 qing1 tan2 | to brew tea and chat (idiom) | ||
57 | 辟室密谈 | 闢室密談 | pì shì mì tán | pi4 shi4 mi4 tan2 | to discuss behind closed doors | ||
58 | 撇开不谈 | 撇開不談 | piē kāi bù tán | pie1 kai1 bu4 tan2 | to ignore an issue (idiom) | ||
59 | 奇谈 | 奇談 | qí tán | qi2 tan2 | odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument | ||
60 | 奇谈怪论 | 奇談怪論 | qí tán guài lùn | qi2 tan2 guai4 lun4 | strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom); unreasonable remarks | ||
61 | 洽谈会 | 洽談會 | qià tán huì | qia4 tan2 hui4 | talks (often business talks or informal negotiations); trade-fair discussions | ||
62 | 千古奇谈 | 千古奇談 | qiān gǔ qí tán | qian1 gu3 qi2 tan2 | strange stories of all ages; a bizarre tale (idiom) | ||
63 | 窃窃交谈 | 竊竊交談 | qiè qiè jiāo tán | qie4 qie4 jiao1 tan2 | to speak in whispers (idiom) | ||
64 | 倾谈 | 傾談 | qīng tán | qing1 tan2 | light intellectual conversation; to have a good talk | ||
65 | 清谈节目 | 清談節目 | qīng tán jié mù | qing1 tan2 jie2 mu4 | talk show | ||
66 | 商谈 | 商談 | shāng tán | shang1 tan2 | to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks | ||
67 | 深谈 | 深談 | shēn tán | shen1 tan2 | to have an in depth conversation; to have intimate talks; to discuss thoroughly | ||
68 | 十日谈 | 十日談 | shí rì tán | Shi2 ri4 Tan2 | Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘 | ||
69 | 首脑会谈 | 首腦會談 | shǒu nǎo huì tán | shou3 nao3 hui4 tan2 | summit talks; discussion between heads of state | ||
70 | 司马谈 | 司馬談 | sī mǎ tán | Si1 ma3 Tan2 | Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司马迁 | ||
71 | 谈不拢 | 談不攏 | tán bù lǒng | tan2 bu4 long3 | can't come to an agreement | ||
72 | 谈得来 | 談得來 | tán de lái | tan2 de5 lai2 | to be able to talk to; to get along with; to be congenial | ||
73 | 谈古论今 | 談古論今 | tán gǔ lùn jīn | tan2 gu3 lun4 jin1 | to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom); to chat freely; to discuss everything | ||
74 | 谈古说今 | 談古說今 | tán gǔ shuō jīn | tan2 gu3 shuo1 jin1 | to talk of past and present (idiom) | ||
75 | 谈何容易 | 談何容易 | tán hé róng yì | tan2 he2 rong2 yi4 | easier said than done (idiom) | ||
76 | 谈虎色变 | 談虎色變 | tán hǔ sè biàn | tan2 hu3 se4 bian4 | to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom); to be scared at the mere mention of | ||
77 | 谈及 | 談及 | tán jí | tan2 ji2 | to talk about; to mention | ||
78 | 谈价 | 談價 | tán jià | tan2 jia4 | to negotiate (prices); to haggle | ||
79 | 谈经 | 談經 | tán jīng | tan2 jing1 | to explain a sutra; to expound the classics | ||
80 | 谈恋爱 | 談戀愛 | tán liàn ài | tan2 lian4 ai4 | to court; to go steady; to be dating | ||
81 | 谈判制度 | 談判制度 | tán pàn zhì dù | tan2 pan4 zhi4 du4 | collective bargaining system | ||
82 | 谈判桌 | 談判桌 | tán pàn zhuō | tan2 pan4 zhuo1 | conference table | ||
83 | 谈朋友 | 談朋友 | tán péng you | tan2 peng2 you5 | to be dating sb | ||
84 | 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 | ||
85 | 谈天 | 談天 | tán tiān | tan2 tian1 | to chat | ||
86 | 谈天论地 | 談天論地 | tán tiān lùn dì | tan2 tian1 lun4 di4 | to talk of everything under the sun (idiom) | ||
87 | 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 | ||
88 | 谈吐 | 談吐 | tán tǔ | tan2 tu3 | style of conversation | ||
89 | 谈吐幽默 | 談吐幽默 | tán tǔ yōu mò | tan2 tu3 you1 mo4 | to talk with a sense of humor (idiom) | ||
90 | 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) | ||
91 | 谈笑风生 | 談笑風生 | tán xiào fēng shēng | tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1 | to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together | ||
92 | 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) | ||
93 | 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) | ||
94 | 谈心说性 | 談心說性 | tán xīn shuō xìng | tan2 xin1 shuo1 xing4 | Neo-Confucian speculation on mind and nature (idiom) | ||
95 | 谈星 | 談星 | tán xīng | tan2 xing1 | astrology; fortune-telling | ||
96 | 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 | ||
97 | 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) | ||
98 | 谈资 | 談資 | tán zī | tan2 zi1 | sth that people like to chat about; topic of idle conversation | ||
99 | 歪谈乱道 | 歪談亂道 | wāi tán luàn dào | wai1 tan2 luan4 dao4 | to talk nonsense (idiom) | ||
100 | 无话不谈 | 無話不談 | wú huà bù tán | wu2 hua4 bu4 tan2 | not to hold anything back (idiom); (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything | ||
101 | 无稽之谈 | 無稽之談 | wú jī zhī tán | wu2 ji1 zhi1 tan2 | complete nonsense (idiom) | ||
102 | 晤谈 | 晤談 | wù tán | wu4 tan2 | to speak face to face; meeting; interview | ||
103 | 乡谈 | 鄉談 | xiāng tán | xiang1 tan2 | local dialect | ||
104 | 笑谈 | 笑談 | xiào tán | xiao4 tan2 | object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat | ||
105 | 谐谈 | 諧談 | xié tán | xie2 tan2 | joking; humorous talk | ||
106 | 雄辩高谈 | 雄辯高談 | xióng biàn gāo tán | xiong2 bian4 gao1 tan2 | a vigorous debate and lofty discourse (idiom) | ||
107 | 叙谈 | 敘談 | xù tán | xu4 tan2 | to chat | ||
108 | 言谈 | 言談 | yán tán | yan2 tan2 | discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech | ||
109 | 言谈林薮 | 言談林藪 | yán tán lín sǒu | yan2 tan2 lin2 sou3 | articulate in speech (idiom); eloquent | ||
110 | 言谈微中 | 言談微中 | yán tán wēi zhòng | yan2 tan2 wei1 zhong4 | One's speech is subtle. (idiom) | ||
111 | 杂谈 | 雜談 | zá tán | za2 tan2 | discussion of various topics | ||
112 | 只字不谈 | 隻字不談 | zhī zì bù tán | zhi1 zi4 bu4 tan2 | to say nothing about (sth.) (idiom) | ||
113 | 纸上谈兵 | 紙上談兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1 | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC | ||
114 | 纵谈 | 縱談 | zòng tán | zong4 tan2 | to talk freely |
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