讲 (jiǎng): to speak, to explain
讲 (jiǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to speak, to explain.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 井 (phonetic). It ranks #555 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 讲 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to speak, to explain
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 讲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 讲话noun | jiǎng huà | a speech | 5 |
| 演讲verb | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture | 5 |
| 讲述verb | jiǎng shù | to talk about | 5 |
| 讲座 | jiǎng zuò | course of lectures | 5 |
| 讲究verb/adjective | jiǎng jiu | to pay particular attention to | 5 |
| 讲解verb | jiǎng jiě | to explain | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来讲 | lái jiǎng | as to |
| 对讲机 | duì jiǎng jī | intercom |
| 讲台 | jiǎng tái | variant of 講臺|讲台[jiang3 tai2] |
| 讲理 | jiǎng lǐ | to argue |
| 讲课 | jiǎng kè | teach |
| 讲演 | jiǎng yǎn | to lecture |
| 讲师 | jiǎng shī | instructor |
| 听讲 | tīng jiǎng | to attend a lecture |
| 宣讲 | xuān jiǎng | to preach |
| 讲求 | jiǎng qiú | to stress |
| 讲明 | jiǎng míng | to explain |
| 讲授 | jiǎng shòu | to lecture |
| 讲价 | jiǎng jià | to bargain (over price) |
| 讲和 | jiǎng hé | to make peace |
| 讲义 | jiǎng yì | teaching materials |
讲 appears in 65 compound words: 54 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 讲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
讲师用了一个小时来讲解这个复杂的概念。
Jiǎngshī yòng le yí gè xiǎoshí lái jiǎngjiě zhè gè fùzá de gàiniàn.
The lecturer spent an hour explaining this complex concept.
竹县爱讲“客”推学校客语能力 扩大奖励对象
zhú xiàn ài jiǎng kè tuī xué jiào kè yǔ néng lì kuò dà jiǎng lì duì xiàng
Zhu County loves to speak "guests" and promote the school's Hakka language ability to expand the reward objects
特朗普将在国情咨文演讲中说些什么?
tè lǎng pǔ jiāng zài guó qíng zī wén yǎn jiǎng zhōng shuō xiē shén má ?
What will Trump say in his State of the Union address?
...大主办APAIE年会开幕 约130场会议讲座料吸引逾3000业界翘楚
. . . dà zhǔ bàn nián huì kāi mù yuē chǎng huì yì jiǎng zuò liào xī yǐn yú yè jiè qiáo chǔ
The Grand Opening of the APAIE Annual Conference Approximately 130 conferences and lectures are expected to attract over 3,000 industry leaders.
(新春走基层)从讲堂到田埂:一名浙江党外专家近20年的“乡...
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng cóng jiǎng táng dào tián 埂 yī míng zhè jiāng dǎng wài zhuān jiā jìn nián de xiāng . . .
(Spring Festival Grassroots Report) From Lecture Halls to Farm Fields: A Zhejiang Non-Party Expert's Nearly 20-Year Journey in Rural Development
GD故意辱华?拜年不讲Chinese New Year 小粉红...
gù yì rǔ huá ? bài nián bù jiǎng xiǎo fěn hóng . . .
Did GD intentionally insult China? Not mentioning Chinese New Year in his New Year greetings... Little Pinkies...
我们老师确实很讲究礼节，不是吗？
Wǒmen lǎoshī quèshí hěn jiǎngjiu lǐjié, bùshìma?
Our teacher really stands on ceremony, doesn't she?
你会讲阿拉伯语吗？
Nǐ huì jiǎng ālābóyǔ ma?
Do you speak Arabic?
你会讲中文或俄语吗？
Nǐ huì jiǎng Zhōngwén huò éyǔ ma?
Can you speak either Chinese or Russian?
你曾经用英语演讲过吗？
Nǐ céngjīng yòng Yīngyǔ yǎnjiǎng guo ma?
Did you ever make a speech in English?
Character Family
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