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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
to discuss; to talk over
HSK 2
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
to consult / to talk over / to discuss
HSK 2
to attend a lecture / to listen to a talk
HSK 2
to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech / talk / lecture / CL: , , 個|个,
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谈* | 谈* | *谈
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
HSK 3
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
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 persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
HSK 6
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
HSK 7-9
to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
HSK 7-9
to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
HSK 7-9
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
to discuss; to talk about
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
HSK 7-9
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
HSK 7-9
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
HSK 7-9
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *言* | 言* | *言
words / speech / to say / to talk
to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *论* | 论* | *论
opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唊* | 唊* | *唊
(old) to talk recklessly / to talk nonsense / talkative
to talk in one's sleep / crazy talk
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
to equivocate / to talk evasively (idiom)
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
to talk nonsense
a long talk
talking in one's sleep / delirious ravings / nonsense / sheer fantasy
talking and laughing / cheerful talk
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侃* | 侃* | *侃
upright and honest / cheerful / to chat idly / to boast / to talk smoothly
casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
unpleasant talk / malicious words
to enumerate sb's shortcomings / to criticize / to scold / to talk on and on
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
to talk back / to answer back
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑱* | 瑱* | *瑱
(literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up
lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature)
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
to reminisce / to talk about former times
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
to talk to oneself
to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word
to talk about often / to reminisce about / to keep repeating / to keep harping on / to discuss
to talk irresponsibly / to talk nonsense
sweet-talking / ingratiating
(baby talk) poop; poo
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
evil words / malicious talk
to boast shamelessly / to talk big
(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
nonsense / ridiculous talk / hogwash
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哑* | 哑* | *哑
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呓* | 呓* | *呓
to talk in one's sleep
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
to read out / to recite / to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
to harangue / loud arrogant talk / to spout
to negotiate / to talk over
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
evil tongue / malicious talk
lit. lips / fig. glib talk
to talk rubbish

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