交談

See also: 交谈

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (交談)		交	談
simp. (交谈)		交	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ taam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-tâm
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ciau-de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotán
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻan²
    • Yale: jyāu-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautarn
    • Palladius: цзяотань (czjaotanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 交談／交谈 跤壇／跤坛

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ taam⁴
    • Yale: gāau tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ tamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴ tʰam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: kau-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'daam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tam²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ciau-de
    • MiniDict: ciau^平 de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jiau-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵ de²¹/

Verb

交談

1. to talk; to discuss; to converse; to chat

   交談很愉快。／交谈很愉快。  ―  Jiāotán hěn yúkuài.  ―  It was a pleasant conversation.

   一小群人站在門口，悄悄地交談著。 [MSC, trad.]
   一小群人站在门口，悄悄地交谈着。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yī xiǎo qún rén zhàn zài ménkǒu, qiāoqiāo de jiāotánzhe. [Pinyin]

   A small group of people stand about by the gate, talking quietly.

Synonyms

• 對話／对话 (duìhuà)
• 敘談／叙谈 (xùtán)
• 會話／会话 (huìhuà)
• 談話／谈话 (tánhuà)
• 通話／通话 (tōnghuà)
• 過話／过话 (guòhuà) (colloquial)