谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss / to have a chat syn 拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 聊天 liáo tiān to chat / to gossip syn 交谈 交談 jiāo tán to discuss / to converse / chat / discussion syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 说笑 說笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 闲聊 閑聊 xián liáo to chat / casual conversation syn 谈心 談心 tán xīn to have a heart-to-heart chat syn 闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind) syn 拉扯 lā che to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat syn 闲谈 閒談 xián tán to chat syn 空谈 空談 kōng tán prattle / idle chit-chat syn 闲扯 閑扯 xián chě to chat / idle talk syn 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 谈天 談天 tán tiān to chat syn 攀谈 攀談 pān tán to chat syn 笑谈 笑談 xiào tán object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat syn 拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life syn 哈拉 hā lā to chat idly (Tw) 聊天室 liáo tiān shì chat room 裸聊 luǒ liáo to chat naked (online) 打情骂俏 打情罵俏 dǎ qíng mà qiào to banter flirtatiously (idiom) 对谈 對談 duì tán to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat 陪聊 péi liáo to keep sb company for a chat / (esp.) to be a paid escort 唠嗑 嘮嗑 lào kē (dialect) to chat / to gossip 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat syn 谈 談 tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 叙 敘 xù to narrate / to chat syn 唠 嘮 lào to gossip / to chat (dialect) syn 叙谈 敘談 xù tán to chat syn 摆龙门阵 擺龍門陣 bǎi lóng mén zhèn (dialect) to chat / to gossip / to spin a yarn syn 群聊 私聊 sī liáo (computing) to chat privately / private chat 群聊 qún liáo (computing) group chat / to have a group chat 私聊 sī liáo (computing) to chat privately / private chat 閒谈 閒談 xián tán chat 八八六 bā bā liù Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages) 劈情操 pī qíng cāo to have a friendly chat (Shanghai) 打屁 dǎ pì to chat idly 扯家常 chě jiā cháng to engage in small talk / to chit chat 聚谈 聚談 jù tán to have a discussion in a group / to have a chat with sb 开小会 開小會 kāi xiǎo huì to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture) 闲聊天 閑聊天 xián liáo tiān to chat / idle gossip 闲话家常 閑話家常 xián huà jiā cháng to chat about domestic trivia (idiom) 飙口水 飆口水 biāo kǒu shuǐ gossip / idle chat 白斑黑石鵖 bái bān hēi shí bī (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) 对话式超文本访问技术 對話式超文本訪問技術 Conversational Hypertext Access Technology / chat 拉话 拉話 lā huà (dialect) to chat 把酒言欢 把酒言歡 bǎ jiǔ yán huān to drink and chat merrily (idiom) 拉呱 lā gua (dialect) to chat / to gossip 谈古论今 談古論今 tán gǔ lùn jīn to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything syn 谈资 談資 tán zī sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation 蛋逼 dàn bī (dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly 闲侃 閑侃 xián kǎn to chat idly 扯犊子 扯犢子 chě dú zi (dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly 灰林鵖 huī lín bī (bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) 白喉石鵖 bái hóu shí bī (bird species of China) white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis) 黑白林鵖 hēi bái lín bī (bird species of China) Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) 茶叙 茶敘 chá xù to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks 说东道西 說東道西 shuō dōng dào xī to chat about this and that / to talk about anything and everything syn 说闲话 說閒話 shuō xián huà to chat / to gossip syn 喇赛 喇賽 lā sài (Tw) (slang) to chat idly / to gossip (from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái]) 灰林䳭 huī lín jí (bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) 白喉石䳭 bái hóu shí jí (bird species of China) white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis) 白斑黑石䳭 bái bān hēi shí jí (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) 黑白林䳭 hēi bái lín jí (bird species of China) Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) 吹水 chuī shuǐ (coll.) to chat casually / to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese) 