谈

tán

to speak

surname Tan; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss

speech (讠) + sound: tán (炎) = to talk and converse

The speech radical (讠) anchors the meaning: talking, chatting, discussing. 炎 mainly contributes the sound tán; it does not add fire or heat to the meaning.

讠+炎→谈
炎FlamePhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

我们今晚可以谈一谈这件事。

wǒ men jīn wǎn kě yǐ tán yi tán zhè jiàn shì。

We can talk about this matter tonight.

他们两个人谈了很久,终于找到了解决办法。

tā men liǎng gè rén tán le hěn jiǔ,zhōng yú zhǎo dào le jiě jué bàn fǎ。

The two of them talked for a long time and finally found a solution.

Words with 谈

闲谈

xián tán

variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2]

谈得来

tán de lái

to be able to talk to

六方会谈

liù fāng huì tán

Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia

攀谈

pān tán

to chat

十日谈

shí rì tán

Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]

谈资

tán zī

sth that people like to chat about

乡谈

xiāng tán

local dialect

长谈

cháng tán

a long talk

闭口不谈

bì kǒu bù tán

to refuse to say anything about (idiom)

辟室密谈

pì shì mì tán

to discuss behind closed doors

杂谈

zá tán

discussion of various topics

首脑会谈

shǒu nǎo huì tán

summit talks

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