談不上

談不上

See also: 谈不上

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	to not go up; to not ascend; unable to
trad. (談不上)		談	不上
simp. (谈不上)		谈	不上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánbúshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tánbúshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnbushanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánbúshàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ pu³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ bat¹ soeng⁵
    • Yale: tàahm bāt séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ bat⁷ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ bed¹ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœ̽ːŋ¹³/

Verb

談不上

1. to be far from; to be nothing near; much less; out of the question