chat
US
UK chat vi: (talk lightly)
SC 闲谈 xián tán
SC 闲聊 xián tán，xián liáo
People chatted before the meeting began.
会议开始前大家都在闲谈。
chat vi: (talk online)
SC 网上聊天 wǎng shàng liáo tiān
TC 網上聊天
TC 網上聊天
SC 在线聊天 wǎng shàng liáo tiān，zài xiàn liáo tiān
Teenagers chat on their computers.
少年们在自己的电脑上聊天。
chat n: (casual talk)
SC （非正式的）谈话 fēi zhèng shì de tán huà
SC 闲谈 fēi zhèng shì de tán huà，xián tán
SC 闲聊 fēi zhèng shì de tán huà，xián liáo
The ladies had a nice chat.
chat n: (online conversation)
SC 网上聊天 wǎng shàng liáo tiān
TC 網上聊天
TC 網上聊天
SC 网络会谈 wǎng shàng liáo tiān，wǎng luò huì tán
SC 网聊 wǎng shàng liáo tiān，wǎng liáo
Should we start a chat among the three of us?
chat [sb] up vtr phrasal sep: UK, informal (try to seduce [sb])
SC 与异性搭讪, 调情
When he goes to restaurants, he always tries to chat up the waitresses.
每当他去餐厅时，他总是设法与女服务员搭讪。
chat away v expr: (converse enthusiastically)
SC 闲谈 xián tán
The two elderly ladies were soon chatting away happily as though they had known each other all their lives.
chat room, chatroom n: (internet conversation site)
SC 聊天室 liáo tiān shì
We met in a chatroom for singles, and later began dating.
chat-up line n: UK, informal ([sth] said to seduce)
SC 搭讪的话
SC 挑逗的话
The boy tried to gain the girl's attention with his chat-up lines.
chitchat, also UK: chit-chat n: informal (informal conversation)
SC 闲聊 xián liáo
SC 聊天 xián liáo，liáo tiān
Shh, you two! Your incessant chit-chat is unbearable!
friendly chat n: (informal conversation)
SC 友好的闲谈 yǒu hǎo de xián tán
SC 显露 yǒu hǎo de xián tán，xiǎn lù
TC 顯露
TC 顯露
Her boss asked her into his office for "a friendly chat", but she knew she was in trouble!
have a good chat v expr: (converse at length)
SC 好好聊聊 hǎo hǎo liáo liáo
I had a good chat with an old friend down at the market yesterday.
They hadn't seen each other for years and welcomed the chance to have a good chat.
talk show (US), chat show (UK) n: (TV interview program)
SC 现场访谈 xiàn chǎng fǎng tán
TC 現場訪談
TC 現場訪談
I don't recognise any of the celebrities on this talk show.
我不认识这个脱口秀节目里的任何一位名人。
web chat n: (typed online conversation)
SC 网上聊天 wǎng shàng liáo tiān
TC 網上聊天
TC 網上聊天
SC 网络聊天