健談

Chinese

		healthy	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (健談)		健	談
simp. (健谈)		健	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàntán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶ taam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiān-tâm / kiàn-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàntán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàntán
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: jyàn-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianntarn
    • Palladius: цзяньтань (czjanʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin⁶ taam⁴
    • Yale: gihn tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn²² tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: kiān-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiexndaam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²⁻²¹ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³⁻²¹ tam²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kierndaam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tam²⁴/

Verb

健談

1. to be a good talker; to be a brilliant conversationalist