谈不上 meaning in English

tán bu shàng

to be out of the question

HSK 7-9Traditional 談不上17 strokes

Meaning of 谈不上

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tánbushàng
  1. to be out of the question

谈不上 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

战zhàn争zhēng永yǒng远yuǎn谈tán不bù上shàng好hǎo,和hé平píng永yǒng远yuǎn谈tán不bù上shàng坏huài。
There never was a good war nor a bad peace.

Stroke order for each character

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谈 tán · to speak · 10 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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  4. 4

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 谈不上.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor

Questions about 谈不上

What does 谈不上 mean?

谈不上 (tán bu shàng) means "to be out of the question".

How do you write 谈不上?

谈不上 is made of 3 characters: 谈 (10 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 谈不上 an HSK word?

Yes. 谈不上 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 谈不上 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 谈不上 is written 談不上.