Chinese [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Possibly borrowed from English gossip
Alternatively, a native word: 茄 2 gaZhenru and Xinzhuang . This meaning can be assumed to be have come from clipping from compounds such as 茄嘴皮
The 山河 談天說地 ／ 谈天说地 tántiānshuōdì 聊天 liáotiān
Pronunciation [ edit ] 茄山河
( Shanghainese ) chat Synonyms [ edit ] Dialectal synonyms of
閒談 (“to chat”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
聊 閒談 聊天 談天 閒聊 攀談 扯
Mandarin
Beijing
聊天兒 拉呱 拉呱兒 嘮嗑兒 扯句兒
Taiwan
聊天
Tianjin
搭咯
Tangshan
聊天兒 談天
Cangzhou
聊天兒 談天兒 閒扯 瞎聊 說閒話兒
Baoding
聊天兒 說話兒
Shijiazhuang
談天
Chifeng
聊天 嘮嗑兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
聊天兒 嘮嗑兒
Harbin
閒拉 閒扯 嘮嗑兒
Shenyang
聊天兒 嘮嗑兒 嘮嗑 閒扯 瞎聊
Yantai (Muping)
拉呱兒
Qingdao
拉呱 拉呱兒
Jinan
拉呱兒 拉拉 拉 聊天兒
Luoyang
談天兒 聊天兒 說閒話兒 扯卵蛋 拍話兒
Wanrong
閒諞
Zhengzhou
說閒話兒
Xi'an
聊天兒 談天兒 閒扯 瞎聊 拉閒話 諞閒傳 諞
Yinchuan
扯磨 諞閒傳 𠷨 閒諞
Lanzhou
聊天 扯閒談 喧官 諞傳 諞閒傳 諞乾傳 閒諞 諞
Xining
喧話 喧板 諞傳 諞 扯雜 扯乾蛋
Ürümqi
閒扯 喧荒 閒諞 諞傳子 諞 喧
Wuhan
談天 閒扯 談家常 聒天 閒聒
Chengdu
擺龍門陣 擺談 擺 衝殼子 吹殼子
Chongqing
吹牛兒 擺龍門陣 吹空老靠
Guiyang
擺龍門陣 衝殼子 吹殼子 衝牛殼 吹牛殼 吹牛 閒扯
Kunming
聊天 談天 扯閒 衝殼子 譜賓白
Guilin
扯談 談板路 扯板路 聒聊天
Liuzhou
聒聊天 扯大炮 傾偈 聊天 扯淡 講嘴
Xuzhou
聊天兒 拉呱兒 閒侃 閒扯
Yangzhou
聊天 談天 談心 閒扯 吹牛 吹 沰談話
Nanjing
聊天 閒扯 聒白 聒聒 聒聒白 拉呱 吹
Hefei
閒談 聒淡 聒聒
Nantong
聊天 講閒話 閒談 扯呱
Singapore
談天
Cantonese
Guangzhou
傾偈 打牙骹 黐牙音
Hong Kong
傾偈 打牙骹 吹水
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
打牙交
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
傾偈
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
傾偈
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
傾偈 打牙骹
Macau
傾偈
Guangzhou (Panyu)
傾偈
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
傾偈
Guangzhou (Conghua)
傾偈
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
傾偈 打牙骹
Foshan
傾偈
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
講時聞 傾偈
Foshan (Shunde)
傾偈
Foshan (Sanshui)
傾偈
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
傾偈
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
傾偈
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
傾偈
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
傾偈
Zhuhai (Doumen)
傾偈
Jiangmen (Baisha)
傾偈
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
傾偈
Taishan
傾偈
Kaiping (Chikan)
傾偈
Enping (Niujiang)
傾偈
Heshan (Yayao)
傾偈
Dongguan
傾偈 打牙骹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
傾偈 打牙骹
Yangjiang
講嘴 傾偈 傾
Xinyi
傾
Nanning
傾偈
Wuzhou
傾偈
Yulin
傾偈 車大炮
Hepu (Lianzhou)
傾偈 傾低 車大炮
Beihai
傾偈 傾一傾
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
傾偈
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
傾
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
傾偈
Singapore (Guangfu)
傾偈
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
傾偈
Móng Cái
傾偈
Gan
Nanchang
談坨 談天
Lichuan
話閒事 學事
Pingxiang
打閒講
Hakka
Meixian
閒談 講閒談 講牙蛇
Xingning
講閒談
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
傾偈
Huiyang
打牙花
Huidong (Daling)
講閒話
Dongguan (Qingxi)
打牙骹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
打牙花
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
傾偈
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
閒尞
Wuhua (Huacheng)
講閒談 講仙天
Wuhua (Changbu)
講閒談
Wuhua (Mianyang)
閒談
Wuhua (Meilin)
喥牙談 講嘴哩
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
講閒談
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
閒談
Changting
講閒談
Wuping
講閒談
Wuping (Pingyu)
講閒談
Ninghua
聊天
Yudu
吵天 打吱喳
Ruijin
嘈閒天
Shicheng
談閒天
Shangyou (Shexi)
講閒天
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
打嘴鼓 譫哆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
打嘴鼓 譫哆
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
打嘴鼓
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
打嘴鼓
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
打嘴鼓 閒談
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
打嘴鼓 譫哆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
打嘴鼓 譫哆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
打嘴鼓 譫哆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
答嘴鼓 答詑
Hong Kong
講水古
Luchuan (Daqiao)
車大炮
Sabah (Longchuan)
傾偈 車大炮
Singkawang
尞
Huizhou
Jixi
談天 聒談
Shexian
談天 談心
Jin
Taiyuan
倒楔
Xinzhou
閒扯 圪扯 閒叨拉 閒拍達 閒拉呱 叨拉 拍達 拉呱 胡叨拉
Linhe
拉話 閒拍
Jining
瞎聊
Hohhot
搗拉 拉呱
Zhangjiakou
拉閒話
Handan
聊天兒 談天
Northern Min
Jian'ou
冇講 講故事
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
攀講 講症
Fuqing
攀講
Matsu
攀講
Southern Min
Xiamen
冇談 練仙 答喙鼓 拍喙鼓 觸喙鼓 拍拉涼 敲嘓 練牙 練㾪牙 練㾪話 練戇話 喝仙
Quanzhou
冇談 練仙 答喙鼓 拍喙鼓 敲嘓 練㾪話 喝仙
Zhangzhou
練仙 答喙鼓 拍喙鼓 觸喙鼓 敲嘓 練牙 練㾪話 喝仙
Zhao'an
拍嘓 設潲
Taipei
開講 答喙鼓 敲虎𡳞
New Taipei (Sanxia)
破豆 開講 答喙鼓 畫虎𡳞
Kaohsiung
破豆 開講 答喙鼓 畫虎𡳞
Yilan
開講 畫虎𡳞
Changhua (Lukang)
畫虎𡳞
Taichung
開講 破豆
Tainan
開講 畫虎𡳞
Hsinchu
開講
Kinmen
答喙鼓 開講
Penghu (Magong)
開講 畫虎𡳞
Penang (Hokkien)
傾偈
Singapore (Hokkien)
敲嘓 傾偈
Manila (Hokkien)
講古
Pingnan (Shangdu)
傾偈
Chaozhou
詖閒話
Shantou
䛩奅
Singapore (Teochew)
敲嘓 詖涼詖熱
Leizhou
講四方 講善喻 傾談
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
傾偈
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
傾偈
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
聊天
Wu
Shanghai
講張 茄山河 講閒話
Shanghai (Chongming)
講神
Suzhou
講張
Wuxi
扯 扯老空
Danyang
談閒
Hangzhou
談天
Ningbo
講大道 講聊天 談山海經
Wenzhou
講閒談
Jinhua
談天
Jinhua (Tangxi)
講白搭
Xiang
Changsha
扯閒談 扯談 扯經 扯粟殼
Xiangtan
扯談
Loudi
談天 談平 打講 打平講 扯談
Shuangfeng
扯談 打講
Quanzhou
談白 聊天