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a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
to comment / to talk about / to discuss / discussion / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid / a talking-to; a bitter lesson / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 4
to discuss; to talk over
HSK 2
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  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
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  *谈* | 谈* | *谈
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
to consult / to talk over / to discuss
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech / talk / lecture / CL: , , 個|个,
HSK 3
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk
HSK 2
to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
HSK 6
to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
HSK 7-9
subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
HSK 3
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
(dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
HSK 7-9
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  *腔* | 腔* | *腔
(bound form) cavity / (bound form) speech; talk / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
HSK 7-9
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  *论* | 论* | *论
opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
HSK 7-9
lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
(loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy
to discuss; to talk about
HSK 7-9
to talk about sth
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
to talk nonsense / nonsense!
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
to equivocate / to talk evasively (idiom)
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to have a good talk
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
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  *言* | 言* | *言
words / speech / to say / to talk
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
HSK 7-9
to talk rubbish
demoralizing talk
magnificent talk / exaggeration
(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
HSK 7-9
to deliberate / to talk over / to plan
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  *侃* | 侃* | *侃
upright and honest / cheerful / to chat idly / to boast / to talk smoothly
to boast / to talk big
to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
to talk back / to answer back
words of politeness / politesse / decorous talking / talk with propriety
to talk to oneself
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
to engage in small talk / to chit chat
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
(coll.) to talk rubbish
to talk irresponsibly / to talk nonsense
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
obscenities / lewd talk
to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly
(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado
to talk nonsense / to behave like a fool
to talk
well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host
nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
(idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers
to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
to talk about / to mention
unpleasant talk / malicious words
to talk nonsense (dialect)
to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
long-winded empty talk
to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk
ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity
flattering and fawning (idiom) / sweet-talking
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds

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