| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒 |
| Taiwan |
聊天 |
| Chifeng |
聊天, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Harbin |
閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Shenyang |
聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊 |
| Singapore |
談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
搭咯 |
| Tangshan |
聊天兒, 談天 |
| Cangzhou |
聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒 |
| Baoding |
聊天兒, 說話兒 |
| Shijiazhuang |
談天 |
| Jinan |
拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
拉呱兒 |
| Qingdao |
拉呱, 拉呱兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒 |
| Wanrong |
閒諞 |
| Zhengzhou |
說閒話兒 |
| Xi'an |
聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞 |
| Xining |
喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋 |
| Xuzhou |
聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞 |
| Lanzhou |
聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞 |
| Ürümqi |
閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子 |
| Chongqing |
吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠 |
| Wuhan |
談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒 |
| Guiyang |
擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯 |
| Kunming |
聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白 |
| Guilin |
扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天 |
| Liuzhou |
聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹 |
| Yangzhou |
聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話 |
| Nantong |
聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱 |
| Hefei |
閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音 |
| Hong Kong |
傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) |
打牙交 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) |
傾偈 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
傾偈 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Macau |
傾偈 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
傾偈 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
傾偈 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
傾偈 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Foshan |
傾偈 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
講時聞, 傾偈 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
傾偈 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
傾偈 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
傾偈 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
傾偈 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
傾偈 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
傾偈 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
傾偈 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
傾偈 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
傾偈 |
| Taishan |
傾偈 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
傾偈 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
傾偈 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
傾偈 |
| Dongguan |
傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Yangjiang |
講嘴, 傾偈, 傾 |
| Xinyi |
傾 |
| Nanning |
傾偈 |
| Wuzhou |
傾偈 |
| Yulin |
傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮 |
| Beihai |
傾偈, 傾一傾 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
傾偈 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
傾 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
傾偈 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
傾偈 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
傾偈 |
| Móng Cái |
傾偈 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
談坨, 談天 |
| Lichuan |
話閒事, 學事 |
| Pingxiang |
打閒講 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇 |
| Xingning |
講閒談 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
傾偈 |
| Huiyang |
打牙花 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
講閒話 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
打牙骹 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
打牙花 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
傾偈 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
閒尞 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
講閒談, 講仙天 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
講閒談 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
閒談 |
| Wuhua (Meilin) |
喥牙談, 講嘴哩 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
講閒談 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
閒談 |
| Changting |
講閒談 |
| Wuping |
講閒談 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
講閒談 |
| Ninghua |
聊天 |
| Yudu |
吵天, 打吱喳 |
| Ruijin |
嘈閒天 |
| Shicheng |
談閒天 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
講閒天 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) |
打嘴鼓 |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) |
打嘴鼓 |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) |
打嘴鼓, 閒談 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
答嘴鼓, 答詑 |
| Hong Kong |
講水古 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
車大炮 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Singkawang |
尞 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
談天, 聒談 |
| Shexian |
談天, 談心 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
倒楔 |
| Xinzhou |
閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉 |
| Linhe |
拉話, 閒拍 |
| Jining |
瞎聊 |
| Hohhot |
搗拉, 拉呱 |
| Zhangjiakou |
拉閒話 |
| Handan |
聊天兒, 談天 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
冇講, 講故事 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
攀講, 講症 |
| Fuqing |
攀講 |
| Matsu |
攀講 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
喝仙 |
| Quanzhou |
冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Jinjiang |
講古 |
| Zhangzhou |
練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Zhao'an |
拍嘓, 設潲 |
| Taipei |
開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Kaohsiung |
破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Yilan |
開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
畫虎𡳞 |
| Taichung |
開講, 破豆 |
| Tainan |
開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Hsinchu |
開講 |
| Kinmen |
答喙鼓, 開講 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
傾偈 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
敲嘓, 傾偈 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
講古 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
傾偈 |
| Chaozhou |
詖閒話 |
| Shantou |
詖話, 䛩奅 |
| Jieyang |
詖話 |
| Haifeng |
拍法 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱 |
| Leizhou |
講四方, 講善喻, 傾談 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
傾偈 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
傾偈 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
聊天 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
講張, 茄山河, 講閒話 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
講神 |
| Suzhou |
講張 |
| Wuxi |
扯, 扯老空 |
| Danyang |
談閒 |
| Hangzhou |
談天 |
| Ningbo |
講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經 |
| Wenzhou |
講閒談 |
| Jinhua |
談天 |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
講白搭 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼 |
| Xiangtan |
扯談 |
| Loudi |
談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談 |
| Shuangfeng |
扯談, 打講 |
| Quanzhou |
談白, 聊天 |
