CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

谈恋爱

tánliànài

to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 谈恋爱 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 谈恋爱 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

汤姆希望玛丽不会跟约翰谈恋爱。tāng mǔ xī wàng mǎ lì bú huì gēn yuē hàn tán liàn ài。

Tom didn't like the idea of Mary going out with John.

子翔那个人太老实了，谈恋爱都被动得要命。zi xiáng nà ge rén tài lǎo shí le， tán liàn ài dōu bèi dòng dé yào mìng。

Tzu-hsiang's way too honest. He's hopelessly passive in relationships.

当两个女生都跟约翰宣称她们对他有感觉时，他不知道该跟哪个谈恋爱了。dāng liǎng gè nǚ shēng dōu gēn yuē hàn xuān chēng tā men duì tā yǒu gǎn jué shí， tā bù zhī dào gāi gēn nǎ ge tán liàn ài le。

When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 谈恋爱.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 谈恋爱.

Directly before

哪个谈恋爱1
飞机场谈恋爱1
优点谈恋爱1
约翰谈恋爱1

Directly after

谈恋爱了1
谈恋爱都1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 谈恋爱

What does 谈恋爱 mean in Chinese?

谈恋爱 (tánliànài) means to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating.

How do you pronounce 谈恋爱?

谈恋爱 is pronounced tánliànài.

Is 谈恋爱 an HSK word?

谈恋爱 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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