谈 (tán) means Talk (chat - discuss). Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师找他 谈 了一次话。
Lǎoshī zhǎo tā tán le yí cì huà.
The teacher had a talk with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 谈
请 谈 谈 你的心得。
Qǐng tántan nǐ de xīndé.
Please share what you have gained from it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心得
我想单独和你 谈 谈 。
Wǒ xiǎng dāndú hé nǐ tántan.
I would like to speak with you alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单独
两家公司正在 谈 判。
Liǎng jiā gōngsī zhèngzài tánpàn.
The two companies are negotiating.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 谈判
谈 判进行得很顺利。
Tánpàn jìnxíng de hěn shùnlì.
The negotiations are going smoothly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 谈判
洽 谈 进行得很顺利。
Qiàtán jìnxíng de hěn shùnlì.
The talks are going smoothly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 洽谈
谈 判一度陷入停滞。
Tánpàn yídù xiànrù tíngzhì.
The talks stalled for a time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 停滞
老师和他个别 谈 了话。
Lǎoshī hé tā gèbié tán le huà.
The teacher spoke with him individually.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 个别
他去北京出差 谈 商务。
Tā qù Běijīng chū chāi tán shāngwù.
He went to Beijing on a business trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商务
会 谈 的气氛十分融洽。
Huìtán de qìfēn shífēn róngqià.
The atmosphere of the talks was thoroughly cordial.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 融洽
两国元首举行了会 谈 。
Liǎng guó yuánshǒu jǔxíng le huìtán.
The heads of the two states held talks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 元首
大学时他 谈 过一次恋爱。
Dàxué shí tā tán guo yí cì liàn'ài.
He had one romance at university.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 恋爱
双方正在洽 谈 合作事宜。
Shuāngfāng zhèngzài qiàtán hézuò shìyí.
The two sides are discussing the terms of cooperation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 洽谈
至于费用，我们以后再 谈 。
Zhìyú fèiyòng, wǒmen yǐhòu zài tán.
As for the cost, we will discuss it later.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 至于
双方 谈 了三次终于成交了。
Shuāngfāng tán le sān cì zhōngyú chéngjiāo le.
After three rounds of talks the two sides finally struck a deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成交
别听他挑拨，我们自己 谈 。
Bié tīng tā tiǎobō, wǒmen zìjǐ tán.
Don't listen to his mischief-making; let's talk it out ourselves.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑拨
他在 谈 判中充当双方的翻译。
Tā zài tánpàn zhōng chōngdāng shuāngfāng de fānyì.
He acted as interpreter for both sides in the talks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 充当
经过 谈 判，他们达成了协议。
Jīngguò tánpàn, tāmen dá chéng le xiéyì.
After negotiation they concluded an agreement.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 达成
与其对抗，不如坐下来 谈 谈 。
Yǔqí duìkàng, bùrú zuò xiàlái tántan.
Rather than confront each other, it is better to sit down and talk.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对抗
一次长 谈 消除了他们的误会。
Yí cì chángtán xiāochú le tāmen de wùhuì.
One long talk cleared up their misunderstanding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消除
谈 完之后，他的心情开朗多了。
Tán wán zhīhòu, tā de xīnqíng kāilǎng duō le.
After the talk his mood was much brighter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开朗
他在台上侃侃而 谈 ，毫不紧张。
Tā zài tái shang kǎnkǎn'értán, háo bù jǐnzhāng.
He spoke on stage with easy confidence, not nervous at all.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侃侃而谈
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谈 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 谈 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 谈 (tán, "Talk (chat - discuss)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 谈 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 谈 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 谈 an HSK word?
Yes — 谈 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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The dictionary page for 谈 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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