"Talk" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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报告 bào gào to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech / talk / lecture / CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
说话 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
对话 duì huà to talk (with sb) / dialogue / conversation
讲话 jiǎng huà a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL:個|个[ge4]
谈话 tán huà to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:次[ci4]
风声 fēng shēng sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
说上 shuō shàng to say / to speak / to talk
搭话 dā huà to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word
对谈 duì tán to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
来说 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ...
讨论 tǎo lùn to discuss / to talk over
话题 huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
开口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk
说到 shuō dào to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for
讲述 jiǎng shù to talk about / to narrate / to give an account
商量 shāng liang to consult / to talk over / to discuss
通话 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
协商 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
谈到 tán dào to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
叙述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
谈论 tán lùn to discuss / to talk about
议论 yì lùn to comment / to talk about / to discuss / discussion / CL:個|个[ge4]
说服 shuō fú to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
谈起 tán qǐ to mention / to speak of / to talk about
自言自语 zì yán zì yǔ to talk to oneself / to think aloud / to soliloquize
讲到 jiǎng dào to talk about sth
调侃 tiáo kǎn to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
胡说 hú shuō to talk nonsense / drivel
风月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
直言 zhí yán to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
闲话 xián huà casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
胡说八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish
放屁 fàng pì to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
畅谈 chàng tán to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
笑语 xiào yǔ talking and laughing / cheerful talk
牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
谈及 tán jí to talk about / to mention
甜言蜜语 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
乱说 luàn shuō to talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks
滔滔不绝 tāo tāo bù jué (idiom) to produce a torrent of words / to talk on and on
口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
谈天说地 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun
无厘头 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
念叨 niàn dao to talk about often / to reminisce about / to keep repeating / to keep harping on / to discuss
瞎说 xiā shuō to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about
坏话 huài huà unpleasant talk / malicious words
开导 kāi dǎo to talk sb round / to straighten sth out / to enlighten
数落 shǔ luo to enumerate sb's shortcomings / to criticize / to scold / to talk on and on
语无伦次 yǔ wú lún cì incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
听讲 tīng jiǎng to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk
空话 kōng huà empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
谈笑风生 tán xiào fēng shēng to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
危言耸听 wēi yán sǒng tīng frightening words to scare people (idiom) / alarmist talk / reds under the beds
扯淡 chě dàn to talk nonsense
大道理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk
蜜语 mì yǔ sweet words / sweet talk
高谈阔论 gāo tán kuò lùn to harangue / loud arrogant talk / to spout
呓语 yì yǔ to talk in one's sleep / crazy talk
长谈 cháng tán a long talk
大言不惭 dà yán bù cán to boast shamelessly / to talk big
现身说法 xiàn shēn shuō fǎ to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
讲理 jiǎng lǐ to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
乱讲 luàn jiǎng to talk nonsense / nonsense!
叙旧 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times
纵论 zòng lùn to talk freely
恶言 è yán evil tongue / malicious talk
嘴皮子 zuǐ pí zi lit. lips / fig. glib talk
咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel
胡诌 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble
顶嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back
胡话 hú huà nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
独角戏 dú jiǎo xì monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
能说会道 néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom) / the gift of the gab
开诚布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
脱口秀 tuō kǒu xiù (loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature)
瞎扯 xiā chě to talk irresponsibly / to talk nonsense
计议 jì yì to deliberate / to talk over / to plan
夸夸其谈 kuā kuā qí tán to talk big / to sound off / bombastic / grandiloquent
傻话 shǎ huà foolish talk / nonsense
恶语 è yǔ evil words / malicious talk
瞎掰 xiā bāi (coll.) to talk nonsense / to fool around
东拉西扯 dōng lā xī chě to talk about this and that (idiom) / to ramble incoherently
闲扯 xián chě to chat / idle talk
打哈哈 dǎ hā ha to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly
絮叨 xù dao long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
洽商 qià shāng to negotiate / to talk over
论 lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
费话 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4]
甜言 tián yán sweet words / fine talk
妄语 wàng yǔ to tell lies / to talk nonsense / lies / nonsense
拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
倾谈 qīng tán to have a good talk
耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk
扯谈 chě tán to talk nonsense (dialect)
吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast / to talk big
乱弹琴 luàn tán qín to talk nonsense / to behave like a fool
蠢话 chǔn huà foolish talk / nonsense
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