谈谈
tántánTraditional: 談談
HSK 4
#505 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to have a chat, to talk a bit
Stroke order
谈
谈
Examples
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Let's talk about this matter.
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Can you have a chat with him?
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I'd like to share my thoughts with you.
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Let us sit down and have a chat.
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Please tell me a bit about your ideas.
谈谈 (tán tán) is the reduplicated form of 谈 (tán, to talk or discuss). Verb reduplication in Mandarin adds a sense of doing something briefly, casually, or tentatively - so 谈谈 means to have a quick chat or talk a little about something. It softens the request compared to 谈 alone and is common in conversational invitations such as 来谈谈 (let's talk) or 想谈谈 (want to discuss).
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