談〔谈〕 taam⁴ {tán}

1. to speak
2. to talk
3. to converse
4. to chat
5. to discuss

談〔谈〕 taam⁴ {Tán}

surname Tan

談鋒〔谈锋〕 taam⁴ fung¹ {tán fēng}

Eloquence

談笑〔谈-〕 taam⁴ siu³ {tán xiào}

to chat and laugh

談妥〔谈-〕 taam⁴ to⁵ {Tán tuǒ}

to come to an agreement after discussion

談妥〔谈-〕 taam⁴ to⁵ {tán tuǒ}

settled; reached an agreement

談到〔谈-〕 taam⁴ dou³ {tán dào}

1. to refer to
2. to speak about
3. to talk about

談價〔谈价〕 taam⁴ gaa³ {tán jià}

1. to negotiate (prices)
2. to haggle

談及〔谈-〕 taam⁴ kap⁶ {tán jí}

1. to talk about
2. to mention

談論〔谈论〕 taam⁴ leon⁶ {tán lùn}

1. to discuss
2. to talk about

談判〔谈-〕 taam⁴ pun³ {tán pàn}

1. to negotiate
2. negotiation
3. talks
4. conference
5. CL: 個

談心〔谈-〕 taam⁴ sam¹ {tán xīn}

to have a heart-to-heart chat

談星〔谈-〕 taam⁴ sing¹ {tán xīng}

1. astrology
2. fortune-telling

談談〔谈谈〕 taam⁴ taam⁴ {tán tán}

1. to discuss
2. to have a chat

談天〔谈-〕 taam⁴ tin¹ {tán tiān}

to chat

談吐〔谈-〕 taam⁴ tou³ {tán tǔ}

style of conversation

談話〔谈话〕 taam⁴ waa⁶ {tán huà}

1. talk
2. conversation
3. CL: 次

談資〔谈资〕 taam⁴ zi¹ {tán zī}

1. sth that people like to chat about
2. topic of idle conversation

談不攏〔谈-拢〕 taam⁴ bat¹ lung⁵ {tán bù lǒng}

can't come to an agreement

談不上〔谈--〕 taam⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵ {tán bu shàng}

to be out of the question

談得來〔谈-来〕 taam⁴ dak¹ loi⁴ {tán de lái}

1. to be able to talk to
2. to get along with
3. to be congenial

談戀愛〔谈恋爱〕 taam⁴ lyun² oi³ {tán liàn ài}

1. to court
2. to go steady
3. to be dating

談朋友〔谈--〕 taam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵ {tán péng you}

to be dating sb

談判桌〔谈--〕 taam⁴ pun³ coek³ {tán pàn zhuō}

conference table

談判專家〔谈-专-〕 taam⁴ pun³ zyun¹ gaa¹ {tán pàn zhuān jiā}

Negotiator

談情說愛〔谈-说爱〕 taam⁴ cing⁴ syut³ oi³ {tán qíng shuō ài}

1. to discuss passion and talk of love (idiom); to express love with terms of endearment
2. billing and cooing

談虎色變〔谈--变〕 taam⁴ fu² sik¹ bin³ {tán hǔ sè biàn}

1. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)
2. to be scared at the mere mention of

談古論今〔谈-论-〕 taam⁴ gu² leon⁶ gam¹ {tán gǔ lùn jīn}

1. to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
2. to chat freely
3. to discuss everything

談何容易〔谈---〕 taam⁴ ho⁴ jung⁴ ji⁶ {tán hé róng yì}

easier said than done (idiom)

談判制度〔谈---〕 taam⁴ pun³ zai³ dou⁶ {tán pàn zhì dù}

collective bargaining system

談笑風生〔谈-风-〕 taam⁴ siu³ fung¹ sang¹ {tán xiào fēng shēng}

1. to talk cheerfully and wittily
2. to joke together

談笑自若〔谈---〕 taam⁴ siu³ zi⁶ joek⁶ {tán xiào zì ruò}

1. to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened
2. to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)

談天說地〔谈-说-〕 taam⁴ tin¹ syut³ dei⁶ {tán tiān shuō dì}

1. to talk endlessly
2. talking of anything under the sun