谈话
tán huà
Pinyin

Definition

谈话
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tán huà
  1. to talk (with sb)
  2. to have a conversation
  3. talk
  4. conversation
  5. CL:次[cì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
的话
de huà
  1. 1 if (coming after a conditional clause)
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock
话
huà
  1. 1 dialect
  2. 2 language
  3. 3 spoken words
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 talk
  6. 6 words
  7. 7 conversation
  8. 8 what sb said
  9. 9 CL:種|种[zhǒng],席[xí],句[jù],口[kǒu],番[fān]
话费
huà fèi
  1. 1 call charge
说话
shuō huà
  1. 1 to speak
  2. 2 to say
  3. 3 to talk
  4. 4 to gossip
  5. 5 to tell stories
  6. 6 talk
  7. 7 word
谈
Tán
  1. 1 surname Tan
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
交谈
jiāo tán
  1. 1 to discuss
  2. 2 to converse
  3. 3 chat
  4. 4 discussion
俗话
sú huà
  1. 1 common saying
  2. 2 proverb
假话
jiǎ huà
  1. 1 a lie
  2. 2 untrue statement
  3. 3 misstatement
冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
坏话
huài huà
  1. 1 unpleasant talk
  2. 2 malicious words
梦话
mèng huà
  1. 1 talking in one's sleep
  2. 2 words spoken during sleep
  3. 3 fig. speech bearing no relation to reality
  4. 4 delusions
好话
hǎo huà
  1. 1 friendly advice
  2. 2 words spoken on sb's behalf
  3. 3 a good word
  4. 4 kind words
  5. 5 words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
实话
shí huà
  1. 1 truth
对话
duì huà
  1. 1 dialogue
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
废话
fèi huà
  1. 1 nonsense
  2. 2 rubbish
  3. 3 superfluous words
  4. 4 You don't say!
  5. 5 No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
心里话
xīn li huà
  1. 1 (to express one's) true feelings
  2. 2 what is on one's mind
  3. 3 secret mind
情话
qíng huà
  1. 1 terms of endearment
  2. 2 words of love

Idioms (20)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
  1. 1 to speak honestly (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
  1. 1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
  1. 1 to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
无稽之谈
wú jī zhī tán
  1. 1 complete nonsense (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
  1. 1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
  2. 2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
  1. 1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
老生常谈
lǎo shēng cháng tán
  1. 1 an old observation (idiom)
  2. 2 a truism
  3. 3 banal comments
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
街谈巷议
jiē tán xiàng yì
  1. 1 the talk of the town (idiom)
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
  1. 1 articulate in speech (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
话不投机
huà bù tóu jī
  1. 1 the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哈哈哈哈！那么党中央找你谈话具体怎么接班了吗？
hāhāhāhā ！nàme dǎngzhōngyāng zhǎo nǐ tánhuà jùtǐ zěnme jiēbān le ma ？
Ha ha ha! So has the CPP Central Committee asked you to explain in concrete terms what is required of the heirs?
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听说老师要找他谈话，他怕得要命。
tīngshuō lǎoshī yào zhǎo tā tánhuà ，tā pà de yàomìng 。
I heard that the teacher wants to talk to him. He's scared to death.
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我想知道怎么跟老板谈话。
wǒ xiǎng zhīdào zěnme gēn lǎobǎn tánhuà 。
I want to know how to talk to the boss.
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