tán huà
conversation; talk; chat
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领导找他谈话了。
lǐnɡ dǎo zhǎo tā tán huà le .
The leader talked to him.
我不想和你谈话。
Wǒ bù xiǎng hé nǐ tán huà.
I don't want to talk to you.
他们正在谈话。
tā men zhènɡ zài tán huà .
They are talking.
沉默 (chénmò)
silence
倾听 (qīngtīng)
listen
The Chinese word 谈话 (tánhuà) is composed of two characters: 谈 (tán) and 话 (huà). The character 谈 originally meant "to stretch out" or "to extend," and was later used to refer to "to discuss" or "to talk." The character 话 originally meant "to speak" or "to say," and was later used to refer to "words" or "language." When combined, the two characters 谈话 (tánhuà) literally mean "to stretch out words" or "to extend speech," and are used to refer to "conversation" or "discussion."
