侃 kǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
侃侃而谈
kǎnkǎn'értán
to speak confidently and at length
Characters in this word
而 ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 而 — and, and then, and yet
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
Example phrases
- 他在听证会上侃侃而谈，却回避了最关键的数据来源。 Tā zài tīngzhènghuì shàng kǎnkǎn'értán, què huíbì le zuì guānjiàn de shùjù láiyuán. He spoke confidently and at length at the hearing, yet avoided the most crucial source of data.
- 一谈到足球，他就侃侃而谈，谁也插不上话。 Yì tán dào zúqiú, tā jiù kǎnkǎn'értán, shéi yě chā bú shàng huà. Once football comes up, he talks confidently and at length, and no one else can get a word in.
- 面试时她侃侃而谈，给考官留下了很好的印象。 Miànshì shí tā kǎnkǎn'értán, gěi kǎoguān liú xià le hěn hǎo de yìnxiàng. During the interview she spoke fluently and confidently, leaving the examiners a good impression.
Related words
- 调侃 tiáokǎn to tease; to make fun of jokingly
- 而且 érqiě and also; moreover
- 而 ér and; but
- 而是 érshì but rather
- 反而 fǎn'ér instead; on the contrary
- 然而 rán'ér however
- 从而 cóng'ér thereby; as a result
- 因而 yīn'ér therefore
- 进而 jìn'ér then, and then
- 半途而废 bàntú'érfèi to give up halfway
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 不辞而别 bùcí'érbié to leave without saying goodbye