Dictionary › 演讲

演讲

yǎn jiǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 演講

演讲 (yǎn jiǎng) means "lecture; to give a speech". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 演讲 means

1. to give a lecture; to make a speech

The characters in 演讲

• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain; to negotiate

Example sentences

• 他做了一个演讲。
  He made a speech.
• 我在写演讲的草稿。
  Wǒ zài xiě yǎnjiǎng de cǎogǎo.
  I am writing a draft of the speech.
• 汤姆的演讲非常好。
  Tom's speech was excellent.
• 汤姆的演讲很精彩。
  Tom's speech was good.
• 他的演讲让我很无聊。
  Tā de yǎnjiǎng ràng wǒ hěn wúliáo.
  His speech bored me.
• 他用浅显的英语演讲。
  Tā yòng qiǎnxiǎn de Yīngyǔ yǎnjiǎng.
  He made a speech in plain English.

Words starting with 演讲

• 演讲家yǎn jiǎng jiāorator

Words containing 演讲

• 主题演讲zhǔ tí yǎn jiǎngkeynote speech
• 就职演讲jiù zhí yǎn jiǎnginaugural lecture
• 发表演讲fā biǎo yǎn jiǎngto give a speech
• 主旨演讲zhǔ zhǐ yǎn jiǎngkeynote speech

Where 演讲 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yàng–yáo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǎn jiǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.