Chinese symbol for “discussion”
研讨
yán tǎo
Traditional: 研討
discussion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for discussion is 研讨 (yán tǎo), defined as: discussion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “discussion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丛谈 (叢談) | cóng tán | discussion; forum |
| 议论 (議論) | yì lùn | to comment; to talk about |
| 商议 (商議) | shāng yì | to negotiate; discussion |
| 交谈 (交談) | jiāo tán | to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion |
| 对谈 (對談) | duì tán | to talk with sb (face to face); discussion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 研讨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 研究 | yán jiū | research; a study |
| 研发 (研發) | yán fā | research and development; to develop |
| 研究所 | yán jiū suǒ | research institute; graduate studies |
| 研究生 | yán jiū shēng | graduate student; postgraduate student |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 研制 (研製) | yán zhì | to research and manufacture; to research and to develop |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 讨厌 (討厭) | tǎo yàn | to dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “discussion”.
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.