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談

简谈 · 繁談

Mandarin · pinyin tán#

to speak
to talk
to converse
to chat
to discuss

Mandarin · pinyin Tán#

surname Tan

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談: tán · talk; conversation; surname
谈: tán · talk; conversation; surname

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to converse; to chat; to discuss; to talk
remark; conversation
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to say; to speak
(obsolete) to praise
a surname

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