"talk" meaning in Chinese

See talk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰɔːk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English talk. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|talk}} English talk Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} talk
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) talk; lecture; seminar Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-talk-zh-noun-Z-vOA7~l Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations, Hong Kong Cantonese

Verb

IPA: /tʰɔːk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English talk. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|talk}} English talk Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} talk
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to talk (especially a lot) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-talk-zh-verb-sebp-AmZ Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 42 58
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Download raw JSONL data for talk meaning in Chinese (3.7kB)

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