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讲

jiǎng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 講

What 讲 means

1. to speak
2. to explain
3. to negotiate
4. to emphasize
5. to be particular about
6. as far as sth is concerned
7. speech
8. lecture

Example sentences

• 讲。
  Speak.
• 讲清楚。
  Speak clearly.
• 难讲喔。
  It's hard to say.
• 以后再讲。
  Talk to you later.
• 她讲中文。
  She speaks Chinese.
• 没人会讲。
  No one will talk.

Words starting with 讲

• 讲究jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
• 讲座jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
• 讲话jiǎng huàa speech; to speak; to talk
• 讲述jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account
• 讲解jiǎng jiěto explain
• 讲到jiǎng dàoto talk about sth
• 讲课jiǎng kèto give a lecture; to teach a class
• 讲台jiǎng táiplatform; podium; rostrum; lectern; (teacher's) desk
• 讲师jiǎng shīinstructor; lecturer
• 讲授jiǎng shòuto lecture; to teach
• 讲演jiǎng yǎnto lecture; to speak publicly
• 讲学jiǎng xuéto lecture (on branch of learning)
• 讲义jiǎng yìteaching materials
• 讲理jiǎng lǐto argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense
• 讲求jiǎng qiúto stress; to emphasize; particular about sth
• 讲坛jiǎng tána platform (to speak)
• 讲价jiǎng jiàto bargain (over price); to haggle
• 讲解员jiǎng jiě yuánguide
• 讲明jiǎng míngto explain
• 讲堂jiǎng tánglecture hall
• 讲评jiǎng píngto criticize; to evaluate
• 讲和jiǎng héto make peace; to reconcile
• 讲桌jiǎng zhuōlectern; podium
• 讲史jiǎng shǐhistorical tales

Words containing 讲

• 演讲yǎn jiǎngto give a lecture; to make a speech
• 来讲lái jiǎngas to; considering; for
• 听讲tīng jiǎngto attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
• 主讲zhǔ jiǎngto give a lecture; to lecture on
• 对讲机duì jiǎng jīintercom; walkie-talkie
• 宣讲xuān jiǎngto preach; to explain publicly
• 蛮不讲理mán bù jiǎng lǐcompletely unreasonable
• 传讲chuán jiǎngto preach
• 起讲qǐ jiǎngto start a story
• 开讲kāi jiǎngto begin a lecture; to start on a story
• 严格来讲yán gé lái jiǎngstrictly speaking
• 对讲电话duì jiǎng diàn huàintercom
• 此话怎讲cǐ huà zěn jiǎngHow do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so?
• 演讲家yǎn jiǎng jiāorator
• 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
• 播讲bō jiǎngto broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
• 主旨演讲zhǔ zhǐ yǎn jiǎngkeynote speech
• 莫讲mò jiǎnglet alone; not to speak of (all the others)
• 精讲多练jīng jiǎng duō liàna teaching strategy combining a concise explanation of essential concepts with frequent…
• 穿着讲究chuān zhuó jiǎng jiusmart clothes; particular about one's dress
• 乱讲luàn jiǎngto talk nonsense; nonsense!
• 摆事实讲道理bǎi shì shí jiǎng dào lǐpresent the facts and reason things out

Characters that look like 讲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 诉sùto complain; to sue; to tell
• 译yìto translate; to interpret
• 讶yàastounded
• 诀juéto bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 讷nèto speak slowly; inarticulate
• 讳huìto avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior

Sounds the same

Read jiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奖prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 桨oar; paddle
• 膙(bound form) callus
• 塂(dialect) hill
• 耩to plow; to sow
• 顜honest; upright
• 蒋surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石
• 奬variant of 奖