講
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jiǎng · talk, speech, lecture

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

17Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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言Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 講

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Example sentences

Notice where 講 sits in each complete thought.

Tā bú shì bù jiǎng lǐ de rén.他不是不講理的人。

He's not an unreasonable man.

Source: Tatoeba #6103071 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yǒu huà yào gēn nǐ jiǎng.我有話要跟你講。

I need to talk with you.

Source: Tatoeba #12903253 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ kě yǐ hé nǐ jiǎng yí xià huà má ?我可以和你講一下話嗎?

May I speak to you a minute?

Source: Tatoeba #795288 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yāoqiú wǒ jiǎng màn yì diǎn.他要求我講慢一點。

He asked me to speak more slowly.

Source: Tatoeba #884197 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gēn nǐ jiǎng huà de nà gè nǚ rén shì wǒ jiějie.跟你講話的那個女人是我姐姐。

The woman to whom you were talking is my sister.

Source: Tatoeba #899011 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de yǎn jiǎng xī yǐn le wǒ mén de zhù yì.他的演講吸引了我們的注意。

His speech captured our attention.

Source: Tatoeba #918013 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 講 in context

  1. Say jiǎng, then recall the core meaning: talk, speech, lecture.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 講 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.