谈 (談) tán

  1. tán verb to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, the idiom 纸上谈兵 'military tactics discussed on paper' (Guoyu '談' v; Unihan '談')
  2. tán proper noun Tan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '談' n 2; Unihan '談')
  3. tán noun discussion
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '談' n 1)
  4. tán verb conversation; kathā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kathā, Japanese: dan, or: tan (BCSD '談', p. 1084; MW 'kathā'; SH '談', p. 444; Unihan '談')

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  • Scroll 2 Siming's Letters on Ten Issues (Siming Shi Yi Shu) 四明十義書 — count: 82
  • Scroll 3 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 29
  • Scroll 20 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 24 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 13 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 20 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 20
  • Scroll 1 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 19
  • Scroll 1 Siming's Letters on Ten Issues (Siming Shi Yi Shu) 四明十義書 — count: 19
  • Scroll 8 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 18 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 17
  • Scroll 1 Jin Guangming Jing Wen Ju Ji 金光明經文句記 — count: 15

Collocations

  • 谈说 (談說) 談說聞善法 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 34
  • 种种谈 (種種談) 種種談譁 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 26
  • 谈譁 (談譁) 種種談譁 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 24
  • 谈语 (談語) 然當自請佛與共談語 — Sutra on the Buddha's Liberation of the Brahmin Āmraṣṭha (Fo Kaijie Fanzhi Aba Jing) 佛開解梵志阿颰經, Scroll 1 — count: 23
  • 工谈 (工談) 或有一人才辯工談 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
  • 谈议 (談議) 互談議已 — Fuli Taizi Yinyuan Jing (Puṇyabalāvadāna) 福力太子因緣經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
  • 谈言 (談言) 舉蓮華目而啟談言 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
  • 无益谈 (無益談) 遠離無益談說 — The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 谈处 (談處) 云何菩薩遠離無益談處 — The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 6 — count: 3
  • 谈讲 (談講) 談講實性 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 2 — count: 3