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谈

tán · tan/Tán · tan

Traditional 談

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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tán 談

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

Tán 談

  1. surname Tan
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In a conversation

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Let us talk

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)和(hé)你(nǐ)谈谈(tántán)。

    I want to talk with you.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)。谈(tán)什么(shénme)？

    OK. Talk about what?

  3. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)的(de)周末(zhōumò)计划(jìhuà)。

    Our plans for the weekend.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)边(biān)走(zǒu)边(biān)谈(tán)。

    OK, let us talk while we walk.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)走(zǒu)得(de)太(tài)快了(kuàile)，我(wǒ)没(méi)办法(bànfǎ)谈(tán)。

    But you walk too fast. I cannot talk.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)坐下(zuòxia)谈(tán)。

    Then let us sit down and talk.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)没(méi)有(yǒu)任(rèn)何(hé)可(kě)以(yǐ)谈(tán)这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)的(de)朋(péng)友(you)。

I have no friend with whom to talk about it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ruicong · English by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)到(dào)底(dǐ)想(xiǎng)不(bu)想(xiǎng)谈(tán)那(nà)件(jiàn)事(shì)？

Don't you want to talk about it at all?

Tatoeba: Chinese by Chenweijun · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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