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谈(談) tán chat, talk in Mandarin Chinese
Definition[edit | edit source]
Radical is 讠(言) yán “speech”. The colloquial name for this radical is 言字旁 yánzìpáng “side made up of the character 言.” Phonetic is 炎 yán “hot.”
Examples[edit | edit source]
- 谈 (談) tán chat, talk [V]
- 谈话 (談話) tánhuà talk, speak [VO]; conversation; statement [N]
- 谈完话 (談完話) tánwán huà finish talking
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
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