| 談 | 865B25 60A.81-9 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄊㄢˊ [tan2] | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) Talk, conversation: 閒談 conversation as relaxation, small talk; 座談 (會) meeting for discussion of topics; 清談 idle talk; spec. fashion in East Jihn period (4th cen.) for cultured, esp. Taoist conversation; 鄉談 local patois; 老生常談 moral platitudes; 街談巷議 street gossip; 筆談 gossip on paper, lit. notes; 言談 person's style or ability of conversation. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | To talk: 談什麼 talk about what? 談 (到) 他 talk about him; 談他作什麼 why talk about it? 談得來 can make conversation with (person); 談不到 (不上) 朋友 not qualified to be called friend; 談何容易 it's so easy to talk and criticize; 談正經的 let's talk seriously; 談公事，談政治 talk business, politics; 談天說地 talk of anything under the sun; 談空說有 talk speculative philosophy; 談玄 talk mysticism; 談心說性 Neo-Confucian speculation on mind and nature; 談情說愛 talk love; 談虎色變 turn pale at the mere mention of tiger--easily scared; 談笑風生 a fascinating. lively talk at party; 健談 a good, interesting talker; 談笑自若 be completely at ease; 談言微中 ([tan2zhong4]) talk not much, but always to the point; 談判，談論 [tan2pan4], [tan2lun4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 談柄 [tan2bing4], n., butt of jokes. 2. 談鋒 [tan2feng1], n., ability to talk: 談鋒甚健 a very good talker. 3. 談話 [tan2hua4], n., conversation. 4. 談助 [tan2zhu4], n., material for gossip. 5. 談論 [tan2lun4], v.t. & n., discuss, -ion. 6. 談判 [tan2pan4], v.t., & n., negotiate, -ion, with a view to settling disputes. 7. 談心 [tan2xin1], v.i., have a heart-to-heart talk among very good friends. 8. 談天 [tan2tian1] ([tan2tia1er0]), v.i., have idle gossip, to chat, chew the rag. 9. 談吐（兒） [tan2tu3]([er0]), v.i. & n., style of conversation (風雅 cultured, 粗鄙 coarse, etc.). | |||||