"To chat" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 聊天 |  liáo tiān | to chat / to gossip |   |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) | |
| 拉 | lā | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | |
| 谈 | tán | to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss | |
| 闲聊 | xián liáo | to chat / casual conversation | |
| 拉扯 | lā che | to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat | |
| 闲谈 | xián tán | to chat | |
| 攀谈 | pān tán | to chat | |
| 谈天 | tán tiān | to chat | |
| 闲扯 | xián chě | to chat / idle talk | |
| 唠嗑 | lào kē | (dialect) to chat / to gossip | |
| 叙谈 | xù tán | to chat | |
| 啦 | lā | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat | |
| 叙 | xù | to narrate / to chat | |
| 聊 | liáo | to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly | |
| 唠 | lào | to gossip / to chat (dialect) | |
| 砍大山 | kǎn dà shān | to chat (1980s Beijing slang) / to chew the fat | |
| 闲聊天 | xián liáo tiān | to chat / idle gossip | |
| 拉话 | lā huà | (dialect) to chat | |
| 拉呱 | lā gua | (dialect) to chat / to gossip | |
| 说闲话 | shuō xián huà | to chat / to gossip | |
