Word
chitchat
/ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/
verb
闲聊；聊天
to talk casually and socially, without serious or detailed discussion
- 1.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
闲聊；聊天
In use
We chitchatted by the water cooler before the meeting.
She likes to chitchat with neighbors while walking her dog.
They were chitchatting in the kitchen when I arrived.
Verb forms
base chitchat · third person chitchats · -ing chitchatting · past chitchatted · past participle chitchatted
非正式闲聊，常指轻松随意的谈话。
Connections
Collocations
- chitchat with friends
- 与朋友闲聊
- We chitchatted with friends at the café for an hour.我们在咖啡馆与朋友闲聊了一个小时。
- chitchat about the weather
- 闲聊天气
- They chitchatted about the weather while waiting for the bus.等公交车时，他们闲聊天气。
- chitchat over coffee
- 边喝咖啡边闲聊
- She likes to chitchat over coffee with her coworkers.她喜欢和同事边喝咖啡边闲聊。
- chitchat at a party
- 在聚会上闲聊
- He chitchatted at a party with people he had just met.他在聚会上和刚认识的人闲聊。
Synonyms
- chat
- 闲聊；聊天 · 与 chitchat 几乎完全同义，是最常用、最直接的同义词；正式程度相似，适用于日常口语和较随意的书面语。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
chitchat 拆成 chit+chat，两个轻快音节像“叽叽喳喳”，联想朋友间你一言我一语的轻松闲聊。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友之间、同事休息时 chitchat 是口语化的动词，多用于日常非正式场合，表示轻松随意的闲聊，比较常见于朋友或同事之间，正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
chitchat 读 /ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/。sit、fit 与 chit 押韵（/ɪt/）；cat、hat 与 chat 押韵（/æt/）。注意 ch 在 chitchat 中发 /tʃ/，但 chef 的 ch 发 /ʃ/，chorus 的 ch 发 /k/，拼写相同、读音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.