譚〔谭〕 {tán}

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

譚〔谭〕 taam⁴ {Tán}

surname Tan

譚仔〔谭-〕 taam² zai² {tán zǐ}

Tan Chai, name of a restaurant in Hong Kong

譚盾〔谭-〕 taam⁴ teon⁵ {Tán Dùn}

Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer

譚耀文〔谭--〕 taam⁴ jiu⁶ man⁴ {tán yào wén}

Patrick Tam, name of an actor in Hong Kong

譚耀宗〔谭--〕 taam⁴ jiu⁶ zung¹ {tán yào zōng}

Tam Yiu-chung, name of a politician in Hong Kong

譚富英〔谭--〕 taam⁴ fu³ jing¹ {Tán Fù yīng}

Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生

譚鑫培〔谭--〕 taam⁴ jam¹ pui⁴ {Tán Xīn péi}

Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor

譚詠麟〔谭咏-〕 taam⁴ wing⁶ leon⁴ {Tán Yǒng lín}

Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor

譚震林〔谭--〕 taam⁴ zan³ lam⁴ {Tán Zhèn lín}

Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the cultural revolution

譚嗣同〔谭--〕 taam⁴ zi⁶ tung⁴ {Tán Sì tóng}

Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898