言談

See also: 言谈

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (言談)		言	談
simp. (言谈)		言	谈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yántán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ taam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giân-tâm / gân-tâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yántán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yántán
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-tʻan²
  - Yale: yán-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yantarn
  - Palladius: яньтань (janʹtanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ taam⁴
  - Yale: yìhn tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ tʰaːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: giân-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giendaam
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ tam²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: gân-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gandaam
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² tam¹³/

Middle Chinese: ngjon dam

Rime
Character	言	談
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	語軒切	徒甘切
Baxter	ngjon	dam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐn/	/dɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐn/	/dɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɐn/	/dɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨan/	/dam/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐn/	/dɑm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐn/	/dɑm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/	/dʱɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁴	taam⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋa[n] lˤ[o]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋan l'aːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	言	談
Reading #	3/4	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán	tán
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjon ›	‹ dam ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋa[n]/	/*lˁ[o]m/
English	speak; speech	speak
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	言	談
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14271	14292
Phonetic component	言	炎
Rime group	元	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	言	談
Old Chinese	/*ŋan/	/*l'aːm/

Noun

言談

what one says and how one says it; manner of speaking; discourse; words; utterance

Verb

言談

to speak; to talk; to discuss; to converse