約談

Chinese

		appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (約談)		約	談
simp. (约谈)		约	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuētán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ taam⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iok-tâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ioh⁴ tam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuētán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuetán
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh¹-tʻan²
    • Yale: ywē-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuetarn
    • Palladius: юэтань (juetanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ taam⁴
    • Yale: yeuk tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ tʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: iok-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iokdaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ioh⁴ tam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ioh thâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioʔ²⁻⁴ tʰam⁵⁵/

Verb

約談

1. to arrange a time for a talk; to speak with someone by appointment
2. (euphemistic) to admonish; to threaten
3. (euphemistic) to interrogate