談起

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (談起)		談	起
simp. (谈起)		谈	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ hei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâm-khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táncǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-chʻi³
    • Yale: tán-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnchii
    • Palladius: таньци (tanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ hei²
    • Yale: tàahm héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm-khí
    • Tâi-lô: tâm-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: damqie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tam²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

談起

1. to speak about; to talk about; to mention; to raise; to refer to

Synonyms

• 提到 (tídào)
• 提及 (tíjí)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 言及 (yánjí) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說到／说到 (shuōdào)
• 說起／说起 (shuōqǐ)
• 談到／谈到 (tándào)
• 談及／谈及 (tánjí)
• 論及／论及 (lùnjí)
• 齒及／齿及 (chǐjí) (literary)