谈资

談資

tánzī

noun

Meanings

1 topic of conversation
2 something to gossip about

Characters

material; resource

Examples

HSK 6

明星的私生活常常被当作谈资，其实这对他们并不公平。

Míngxīng de sīshēnghuó chángcháng bèi dàngzuò tánzī, qíshí zhè duì tāmen bìng bù gōngping.

Celebrities' private lives are often treated as gossip fodder, which isn't really fair to them.

HSK 7-9

他的新发型成了同事们的谈资。

Tā de xīn fàxíng chéng le tóngshìmen de tánzī.

His new haircut became the talk of the office.

Tips

usage

Almost always in the pattern 成为 X 的谈资, 'to become X's talking point', above all 茶余饭后的谈资, the gossip people trade over tea and after meals. It usually hints at idle talk rather than serious discussion.

Stroke Order

谈 tán

资 zī