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言談

简言谈 · 繁言談

Mandarin · pinyin yán tán

discourse
words
utterance
what one says
manner of speech

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言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
談: tán · talk; conversation; surname
谈: tán · talk; conversation; surname

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2–2 · yan2 tan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jin4 taam4

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noun

what one says and how one says it; manner of speaking; discourse; words; utterance

verb

to speak; to talk; to discuss; to converse

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