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talk [talks] (conversation) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk] [US: ˈtɔːk] | 会话 /huìhuà/noun 會話noun 談話noun 谈话 /tánhuà/noun |
talk [talks] (meeting, negotiation) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk] [US: ˈtɔːk] | 交涉 /jiāoshè/noun 会谈 /huìtán/noun 會談noun 談判noun 谈判 /tánpàn/noun |
talk [talked, talking, talks] (to communicate by speech) verb [UK: ˈtɔːk] [US: ˈtɔːk] | 說話verb 説verb 講verb 讲 /jiǎng/verb 说 /shuō/verb 说话 /shuōhuà/verb |
talk back (to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner) verb [UK: ˈtɔːk ˈbæk] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈbæk] | 頂嘴verb 顶嘴 /dǐngzuǐ/verb |
talk big (brag) verb [UK: ˈtɔːk bɪɡ] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈbɪɡ] | 吹牛 /chuīniú/verb 自夸 /zìkuā/verb 自誇verb |
talk is cheap (it is easy to make boastful statements which are not supported by actions) phrase | 说着容易做着难phrase |
talk of the town (a topic or person discussed by many people) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk əv ðə taʊn] [US: ˈtɔːk əv ðə ˈtaʊn] | |
talk out of turn (speak when not allowed to) verb | 多嘴 /duōzuǐ/verb |
talk shop (discuss one's work) verb [UK: ˈtɔːk ʃɒp] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈʃɑːp] | 三句不离本行 /sān jù bù lí běn háng/verb 三句不離本行verb |
talk show (TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk ʃəʊ] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈʃoʊ] | 脫口秀noun 脱口秀 /tuōkǒuxiù/noun |
talk someone into something (persuade someone to do something by talking to them) verb | 說服verb 说服 /shuōfú/verb |
talk someone's ear off (talk to someone excessively) verb | 对某人喋喋不休 /duì mǒurén diédiébùxiū/verb 對某人喋喋不休verb |
talk to the hand (used to dismiss another person's argument) verb | 别烦,我不听verb |
talkative (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences) adjective [UK: ˈtɔːk.ət.ɪv] [US: ˈtɔːk.ət.ɪv] | 嘴不稳 /zuǐ bù wěn/adjective 嘴不穩adjective 嘴敞 /zuǐchǎng/adjective |
talkative (tending to talk or speak freely or often) adjective [UK: ˈtɔːk.ət.ɪv] [US: ˈtɔːk.ət.ɪv] | 貧嘴adjective 贫嘴 /pínzuǐ/adjective |
talking drum noun | 传讯鼓 /chuánxùngǔ/noun 傳訊鼓noun |
talking point (specific topic raised in a conversation or argument) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk.ɪŋ pɔɪnt] [US: ˈtɔːk.ɪŋ ˈpɔɪnt] | 話題noun |