Word

chitchat

/ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/

noun

闲聊；聊天

light informal conversation for social occasions

社交场合轻松随意的谈话；闲谈；聊天

In use

Before the meeting started, we had some friendly chitchat about the weekend.

会议开始前，我们聊了聊周末的事，气氛很轻松。

There was a lot of chitchat at the party before the music began.

音乐开始前，派对上有不少闲聊。

She enjoys a little chitchat with her coworkers during lunch.

她喜欢午餐时和同事聊几句闲天。

idle chitchat: 无意义的闲聊; We spent the afternoon in idle chitchat about the weather.我们整个下午都在漫无边际地闲聊天气。
casual chitchat: 随意的闲聊; The meeting began with some casual chitchat before the serious discussion.会议在正式讨论前先进行了一些随意的闲聊。
a bit of chitchat: 一点闲聊; She had a bit of chitchat with the receptionist while waiting.她等候时和接待员闲聊了几句。
light chitchat: 轻松的闲聊; They exchanged light chitchat over coffee during the break.休息时他们边喝咖啡边轻松地闲聊。
harmless chitchat: 无伤大雅的闲聊; Most of the conversation was harmless chitchat about weekend plans.谈话大部分是关于周末计划的无伤大雅的闲聊。

联想：chitchat听起来像“chit-chat”两个短音叠在一起，像两人叽叽喳喳地聊天，记住它是轻松随意的闲聊。

语域：informal 常见场景：casual social gatherings、office coffee breaks、before meetings or events chitchat 通常指非正式场合的轻松闲聊，多用于口语，比较常见于朋友聚会或同事间闲谈。

chitchat 读作 /ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/，末尾 /tʃæt/ 与 chat、flat、hat 押韵；kit、bit、sit 的 /ɪt/ 与第一个音节 /tʃɪt/ 押韵，而不是与整个词押韵。注意拼写相似处不要直接按字母读。

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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.