淺談

Chinese

		shallow; sound of moving water	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (淺談)		淺	談
simp. (浅谈)		浅	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎntán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin² taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎntán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎntán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-tʻan²
    • Yale: chyǎn-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheantarn
    • Palladius: цяньтань (cjanʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin² taam⁴
    • Yale: chín tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin² taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin² tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵ tʰaːm²¹/

Verb

淺談

1. to briefly discuss

Noun

淺談

1. brief discussion (usually in titles of books or articles)

   淺談爭鬥心／浅谈争斗心  ―  qiǎntán zhēngdòu xīn  ―  A Brief Discussion on Competitiveness