谈起 meaning in English

tánqǐ

to mention; to speak of

HSK 7-9Traditional 談起20 strokes

Meaning of 谈起

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

谈起 in example sentences

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

你nǐ谈tán起qǐ的de那nà个ge人rén是shì我wǒ姐jiě姐jiě。
That person you spoke about is my sister.
我wǒ以yǐ前qián多duō次cì向xiàng你nǐ谈tán起qǐ的de那nà个ge作zuò家jiā昨zuó天tiān去qù世shì了le。
That writer I mentioned a lot in the past passed away yesterday.
他tā们men坐zuò在zài公gōng园yuán的de长zhǎng椅yǐ上shàng,谈tán起qǐ了le话huà来lái。
They sat on a park bench and began talking.
他tā为wèi了le活huó下xià去qù竭jié尽jìn全quán力lì,所suǒ以yǐ他tā从cóng来lái不bù想xiǎng谈tán起qǐ这zhè件jiàn事shì。
He did everything to be able to survive, hence he never wants to talk about it.

Stroke order for each character

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谈 tán · to speak · 10 strokes

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 谈起.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
想起xiǎngqǐto recall; to think of
起飞qǐfēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
谈话tánhuàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation
谈判tánpànto negotiate; negotiation
了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despise

Questions about 谈起

What does 谈起 mean?

谈起 (tánqǐ) means "to mention; to speak of".

How do you write 谈起?

谈起 is made of 2 characters: 谈 (10 strokes), 起 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 谈起 an HSK word?

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

How is 谈起 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 谈起 is written 談起.