谈
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to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
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Dict coverage rank #804 U+8C08
How 谈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 炎 (phonetic, yán)
How to remember it
discuss · Heisig RSH #358
炎 inflammation + words
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 炎
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 炎 (yán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炎 sound component | yán | flame, blaze; hot |
| 淡 | dàn | watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless |
| 氮 | dàn | nitrogen |
| 毯 | tǎn | rug, carpet, blanket |
| 痰 | tán | mucus, phlegm, spit |
| 啖 | dàn | to feed; to eat; to chew, to bite; to entice |
| 郯 | tán | an ancient city; surname |
| 剡 | yǎn | sharp, pointed; to sharpen |
| 赕 | dǎn | fine, penalty |
| 锬 | tán | long spear |
Words containing 谈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不经之谈 | bù jīng zhī tán | absurd statement; cock-and-bull story |
| 无话不谈 | wú huà bù tán | not to hold anything back (idiom); (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything |
| 谈天说地 | tán tiān shuō dì | to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun |
| 和平会谈 | hé píng huì tán | peace talks; peace discussions |
| 无所不谈 | wú suǒ bù tán | to talk about everything |
| 谈不上 | tán bu shàng | to be out of the question |
| 谈性色变 | tán xìng sè biàn | to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish |
| 老生常谈 | lǎo shēng cháng tán | an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments |
| 清谈节目 | qīng tán jié mù | talk show |
| 谈得来 | tán de lái | to be able to talk to; to get along with; to be congenial |
| 谈笑风生 | tán xiào fēng shēng | to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together |
| 谈情说爱 | tán qíng shuō ài | to murmur endearments (idiom); to get into a romantic relationship |
| 谈虎色变 | tán hǔ sè biàn | (lit.) to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom); (fig.) to be terrified at the thoug… |
| 司马谈 | Sī mǎ Tán | Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1… |
| 大谈 | dà tán | to harangue; to yak |
| 座谈会 | zuò tán huì | conference; symposium; rap session |
| 六方会谈 | Liù fāng Huì tán | Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, Nor… |
| 谈心 | tán xīn | to have a heart-to-heart chat |
| 十日谈 | Shí rì Tán | Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days… |
| 谈天 | tán tiān | to chat |