泛泛而談

See also: 泛泛而谈

Chinese

		common; ordinary; superficial common; ordinary; superficial; shallow; skin-deep	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (泛泛而談)		泛泛	而	談
simp. (泛泛而谈)		泛泛	而	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànfàn'értán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄦˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³ faan³ ji⁴ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànfàn'értán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄦˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànfàn-értán
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-fan⁴-êrh²-tʻan²
    • Yale: fàn-fàn-ér-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannfannerltarn
    • Palladius: фаньфаньэртань (fanʹfanʹertanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan³ faan³ ji⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: faan faan yìh tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan³ faan³ ji⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan³ fan³ yi⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³³ faːn³³ jiː²¹ tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

泛泛而談

1. to talk in generalities

   他只是泛泛而談，沒有細說。 [MSC, trad.]
   他只是泛泛而谈，没有细说。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhǐ shì fànfàn'értán, méiyǒu xìshuō. [Pinyin]

   He only spoke in generalities; he didn't go into detail.