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tán

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tán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tán | tan2
English translation
to talk, to chat; conversation; surname

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About tán

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

tán

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of tán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言炎

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and yán represents the sound. Simplified form of tán .

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Words with tán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Tán to speak tán
谈谈 tán tán to discuss談談
谈判 tánpàn to negotiate談判
谈话 tán huà talk談話
会谈 huì tán talks會談
谈到 tán dào to refer to談到
谈论 tán lùn to discuss談論
交谈 jiāo tán to discuss交談
座谈会 zuò tán huì conference座談會
访谈 fǎng tán to interview訪談
洽谈 qiàtán to discuss洽談
座谈 zuò tán to have an informal discussion座談
谈及 tán jí to talk about談及
商谈 shāng tán to confer商談
谈心 tán xīn to have a heart-to-heart chat談心
面谈 miàn tán an interview面談
畅谈 chàng tán to chat暢談
和谈 hé tán peace talks和談
无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán complete nonsense (idiom)無稽之談
谈吐 tán tǔ style of conversation談吐
言谈 yán tán discourse言談
混为一谈 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle混為一談
空谈 kōng tán prattle空談
闲谈 xián tán to chat閑談
健谈 jiàn tán entertaining in conversation健談

tán Decomposition & Compounds

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