大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 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 透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn 自如 zì rú unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely 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 畅所欲言 暢所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content 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 畅谈 暢談 chàng tán to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition syn 放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly 谈天 談天 tán tiān to chat syn 任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely / to pick whichever one fancies 攀谈 攀談 pān tán to chat syn 畅想 暢想 chàng xiǎng to think freely / unfettered imagination 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) 纵论 縱論 zòng lùn to talk freely syn 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 敞口 chǎng kǒu open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance) 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 满头大汗 滿頭大汗 mǎn tóu dà hàn brow beaded with sweat / perspiring freely syn 纵谈 縱談 zòng tán to talk freely 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 大鸣大放 大鳴大放 dà míng dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention 四大 sì dà the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC) 嬉笑怒骂 嬉笑怒罵 xī xiào nù mà lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy 展翅高飞 展翅高飛 zhǎn chì gāo fēi to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) / to develop one's abilities freely 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of 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 信笔 信筆 xìn bǐ to write freely / to express oneself as one pleases 联产到户 聯產到戶 lián chǎn dào hù household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state 行动不便 行動不便 xíng dòng bù biàn unable to move freely / difficult to get about 趴趴走 pā pā zǒu (Tw) to wander about / to roam around freely (from Taiwanese 拋拋走, Tai-lo pr. [pha-pha-tsáu]) 大鸣大放 大鳴大放 dà míng - dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention 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) 聊骚 聊騷 liáo sāo to chat flirtatiously 吹水 chuī shuǐ (coll.) to chat casually / to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese) 