Chinese symbol for “converse”
交谈
jiāo tán
Traditional: 交談
to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for converse is 交谈 (jiāo tán), defined as: to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “converse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谈 (談) | tán | to speak; to talk |
| 会话 (會話) | huì huà | (language learning) conversation; dialog |
| 搭腔 | dā qiāng | to answer; to respond |
| 答腔 | dā qiāng | to answer; to respond |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交谈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy; diplomatic |
| 交给 (交給) | jiāo gěi | to give; to deliver; to hand over |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
| 谈话 (談話) | tán huà | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “converse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.