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The Chinese word taolun - 讨论 - tǎolùn
(to discuss in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

tǎolùn

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English translations

to discuss, discussion,
to talk about, debate, to argue, talking

Chinese characters:


Chinese characters  ( taolun / tǎolùn ) with pronunciation (English translation: to discuss )

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讨论 ( taolun / tǎolùn ) is composed of these characters: 讨 (tao) , 论 (lun)
讨论 ( taolun / tǎolùn ) in traditional characters
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Chinese example sentence with 讨论 ( taolun / tǎolùn ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Women mingtian taolun zhege wenti.
Wǒmen míngtiān tǎolùn zhège wèntí.
我们明天讨论这个问题。

 – English translation: We'll discuss this issue tomorrow.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to ask for  |  discourse
讨论 ( taolun / tǎolùn ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 877)
More words that mean to discuss in Chinese
lùn ( 论 ), píng ( 评 ), shāngliang ( 商量 ), tán ( 谈 ), yì ( 议 )
More words that mean discussion in Chinese
yìlùn ( 议论 )

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