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How does tan differ from shuo in terms of ‘to speak’?

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Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com
2008-08-13 / 08:31PM

Hi, “tán” literally means to have a talk. In Chinese we say: wǒ men tán tán = Let’s talk or wǒ men tán yi xià = Let’s have a talk

“shuō” is “to speak”. It is usually used for speaking a language

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