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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

谈谈

tántán

to discuss; to have a chat

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to discuss; to have a chat

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 谈谈 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 谈谈 appears in 57 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我想和你谈谈。wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ tán tán。

I would like to have a word with you.

我们能私下谈谈吗?wǒ men néng sī xià tán tán ma?

Can we talk in private?

我想和你谈谈价钱。wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ tán tán jià qián。

I'd like to discuss pricing with you.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 谈谈.

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

Directly before

  • 你谈谈6
  • 我们谈谈4
  • 他谈谈4
  • 来谈谈4
  • 我谈谈3

Directly after

  • 谈谈吗6
  • 谈谈你4
  • 谈谈吧3
  • 谈谈在2
  • 谈谈这2
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 谈谈

What does 谈谈 mean in Chinese?

谈谈 (tántán) means to discuss; to have a chat.

How do you pronounce 谈谈?

谈谈 is pronounced tántán.

Is 谈谈 an HSK word?

谈谈 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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