Meaning
to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; (surname)
Chinese: 谈话、讨论。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tan” becomes a different word in each tone. 谈 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 谈判tán pànto negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference
- 谈话tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation
- 会谈huì tántalks; discussions
- 谈论tán lùnto discuss; to talk about
- 交谈jiāo tánto discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
Example Sentence
我们坐下来谈一谈。Wǒ men zuò xià lái tán yi tán.Let us sit down and have a talk.
我们Wǒ menwe坐下zuò xiàto sit down来láito come谈tánto speak一yione谈tánto speak。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 plus 炎 (sound): to talk warmly — ‘to talk, chat, discuss, speak of; talk, conversation’ (谈话, 交谈, 谈判). Simplified from 談.
A way to remember it
Speech (讠) flowing warmly — to talk, chat (交谈, 谈判).