談天說地

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	day; sky; heaven	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (談天說地)		談	天	說	地
simp. (谈天说地)		谈	天	说	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tántiānshuōdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ tin¹ syut³ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tántiānshuōdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tántianshuodì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-tʻien¹-shuo¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: tán-tyān-shwō-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarntianshuodih
    • Palladius: таньтяньшоди (tanʹtjanʹšodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ tin¹ syut³ dei⁶
    • Yale: tàahm tīn syut deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ tin¹ syt⁸ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ tin¹ xud³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ syːt̚³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

談天說地

1. to chat endlessly