谈
起

To mention in Chinese: 谈起 (tán qǐ)

tán qǐ

to mention

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 談起1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to mention
  2. 2to speak of
  3. 3to talk about

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谈
起

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ㄊㄢˊ

tán

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

谈起

Simplified

談起

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 每次谈起童年，她都很开心。

    měi cì tán qǐ tóng nián， tā dōu hěn kāi xīn。

    Every time she speaks of her childhood, she's happy.

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Related words

谈

tán

to speak

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

谈判

tán pàn

to negotiate

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

谈话

tán huà

to talk (with sb)

会谈

huì tán

talks

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

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