谈 tán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 炎 flame, blaze
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
谈话
tánhuà
to have a conversation
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们谈话吧。 Wǒmen tánhuà ba. Let's have a talk.
- 老师谈话了。 Lǎoshī tánhuà le. The teacher has a talk.
- 他们在谈话。 Tāmen zài tánhuà. They are talking.
Related words
- 谈 tán to talk
- 谈判 tánpàn to negotiate; negotiation
- 会谈 huìtán talks; to hold talks
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 话 huà speech, words
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 的话 dehuà if (after a condition)
- 对话 duìhuà dialogue
- 讲话 jiǎnghuà to speak; to talk
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 笑话 xiàohuà joke