That person you spoke about is my sister.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
谈起
to mention
IN A VIDEO谈起
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to mention
02
to speak of
03
to talk about
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 谈起 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 谈起 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
They sat on a park bench and began talking.
That writer I mentioned a lot in the past passed away yesterday.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 谈起.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 谈起.
Directly before
- 你谈起2
- 我谈起1
- 想谈起1
Directly after
- 谈起的2
- 谈起了1
- 谈起天气1
- 谈起这件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 谈起
What does 谈起 mean in Chinese?
谈起 (tánqǐ) means to mention.
How do you pronounce 谈起?
谈起 is pronounced tánqǐ.
Is 谈起 an HSK word?
谈起 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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