谈 (tán): meaning and stroke order
谈 (tán) means to speak, to talk, to converse, to chat, to discuss, surname Tan.
谈
- Simplified
- 谈
- Traditional
- 談
- Pinyin
- tán
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Stroke order of 谈
谈
- Tán surname Tan
- tán to speak; to talk
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 談
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Meaning of 谈
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tán
Traditional 談
- to speak
- to talk
- to converse
- to chat
- to discuss
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Tán
Traditional 談
- surname Tan
Radical and structure
- 谈
- Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 10 strokes · 讠 on the left, 炎 on the right
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Words with 谈
- 谈判 tán pàn to negotiate; negotiation
- 纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
谈 in our stories
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孟凯第一次一个人出差，公司派他去广州跟一家大客户谈合作。
Mèng Kǎi dì-yī cì yí gè rén chūchāi gōngsī pài tā qù Guǎngzhōu gēn yì jiā dà kèhù tán hézuò
Meng Kai was on his first business trip alone: the company had sent him to Guangzhou to discuss working with a big client.
From the story Three circles HSK 4
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周一上午，采购经理陶然要和一家老供应商谈明年的合同。
zhōuyī shàngwǔ cǎigòu jīnglǐ Táo Rán yào hé yì jiā lǎo gōngyìngshāng tán míngnián de hétong
On Monday morning, purchasing manager Tao Ran was due to negotiate next year's contract with a long-standing supplier.
From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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有趣的是，一九二四年，真实的雷峰塔真的倒了。作家鲁迅还专门写了一篇文章，谈雷峰塔的倒掉和白娘子的故事。
yǒuqù de shì yījiǔ'èrsì nián zhēnshí de Léifēng Tǎ zhēnde dǎo le zuòjiā Lǔ Xùn hái zhuānmén xiě le yì piān wénzhāng tán Léifēng Tǎ de dǎo diào hé Bái Niángzǐ de gùshi
Interestingly, in 1924 the real Leifeng Pagoda actually did collapse. The writer Lu Xun even wrote an essay about the pagoda's fall and the story of Lady White.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 谈
- Three circles HSK 4
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).