tán

to speak

surname Tan; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss

speech (讠) + sound: tán (炎) = to talk and converse

The speech radical (讠) anchors the meaning: talking, chatting, discussing. 炎 mainly contributes the sound tán; it does not add fire or heat to the meaning.

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我们今晚可以一谈这件事。

wǒ men jīn wǎn kě yǐ tán yi tán zhè jiàn shì。

We can talk about this matter tonight.

他们两个人了很久,终于找到了解决办法。

tā men liǎng gè rén tán le hěn jiǔ,zhōng yú zhǎo dào le jiě jué bàn fǎ。

The two of them talked for a long time and finally found a solution.

Words with 谈

乡谈

xiāng tán

local dialect

长谈

cháng tán

a long talk

闭口不谈

bì kǒu bù tán

to refuse to say anything about (idiom)

闲谈

xián tán

variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2]

辟室密谈

pì shì mì tán

to discuss behind closed doors

杂谈

zá tán

discussion of various topics

首脑会谈

shǒu nǎo huì tán

summit talks

高谈阔论

gāo tán kuò lùn

to harangue

不经之谈

bù jīng zhī tán

absurd statement

交谈

jiāo tán

to discuss; to converse

侃侃而谈

kǎn kǎn ér tán

to speak frankly with assurance

侈谈

chǐ tán

to prate

More characters with 讠