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讲话

jiǎng huà

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 講話 Measure word 个

讲话 (jiǎng huà) means "a speech; to speak; to talk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 讲话 means

1. a speech
2. to speak
3. to talk
4. to address

The characters in 讲话

• 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain; to negotiate
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 她讲话很多。
  She talks a lot.
• 我也有权讲话。
  I have the right to speak, too.
• 她讲话非常俗气。
  She is extremely vulgar in her speech.
• 约翰讲话很大声。
  John speaks loudly.
• 我妈妈讲话很慢。
  My mother speaks slowly.
• 不要这样对我讲话。
  Don't talk to me like that.

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