談情說愛

See also: 谈情说爱

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (談情說愛/談情説愛)		談	情	說/説	愛
simp. (谈情说爱)		谈	情	说	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánqíngshuō'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ cing⁴ syut³ oi³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶de-zhin ⁷seq-e; ⁶de-zhin ⁷seq ⁵e; ⁶de ⁶zhin ⁷seq ⁵e

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánqíngshuō'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táncíngshuo-ài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-chʻing²-shuo¹-ai⁴
    • Yale: tán-chíng-shwō-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnchyngshuoay
    • Palladius: таньциншоай (tanʹcinšoaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ cing⁴ syut³ oi³
    • Yale: tàahm chìhng syut oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ tsing⁴ syt⁸ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ qing⁴ xud³ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ syːt̚³ ɔːi̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-zhin ⁷seq-e; ⁶de-zhin ⁷seq ⁵e; ⁶de ⁶zhin ⁷seq ⁵e
    • MiniDict: de^去 zhin seh^入 e; de^去 zhin seh^入 e^去; de^去 zhin^去 seh^入 e^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-xxin ⁴seq-e; ³de-xxin ⁴seq ²e; ³de ³xxin ⁴seq ²e
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² ʑin⁴⁴ səʔ³³ e⁴⁴/, /de²² ʑin⁴⁴ səʔ⁴⁴  e³⁴/, /de³³  ʑin²³ səʔ⁴⁴  e³⁴/

Idiom

談情說愛

1. for talk of love and romance to fill one's conversation; to be courting; to be dating

   • 青年人談情説愛、友誼聚會，紅茶坊是一個好去處。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     青年人谈情说爱、友谊聚会，红茶坊是一个好去处。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 31

     ¹chin-gni-gnin ⁶de-zhin ⁷seq-e ⁶yeu-gni ⁶zhiu-we ⁶ghon-zo-faon ⁶zy ⁷iq-gheq ⁵hau-chi-tshy [Wugniu]

     For youths to gossip and meet up, tea houses are a good place to go.