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畅谈 (chàng tán) — to talk freely, to discuss without inhibition

Definition

畅谈 (chàngtán) means to talk freely and openly, with 畅 emphasizing the ease and lack of inhibition. More open-ended than 讨论 or 谈论 (which imply structured debate) and more private than 座谈 (a formal roundtable).

verb
to talk freelyto discuss without inhibition

Examples

  • 畅谈。
    Liǎng wèi jiào shòu zài kā fēi tīng chàng tán le zhěng zhěng yí gè xià wǔ.
    The two professors talked freely for an entire afternoon in the café.
  • 畅谈。
    Tā men chàng tán le duì wèi lái hé zuò de kàn fǎ.
    They freely discussed their views on future cooperation.
  • ，畅谈。
    Zài zuò tán huì shàng, dà jiā chàng tán le zì jǐ de lǐ xiǎng.
    At the symposium, everyone freely talked about their ideals.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

畅chàngfreely
谈tántalk

The character 畅 means freely or smoothly, and 谈 means talk, so together they mean talk freely.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 暢; 畅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
申申shēn
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng暢chàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 暢 combines 申 and 昜, with 昜 giving the sound; the simplified 畅 is a later shorthand.

Open 畅 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 談; 谈 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
炎
炎yán談tán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 谈, the traditional form 談 pairs 言 (speech) with 炎 (yán) as the sound part.

Open 谈 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Communication & Speech

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