讲 jiǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
讲话
jiǎnghuà
to speak; to talk
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请你讲话。 Qǐng nǐ jiǎng huà. Please speak.
- 他在讲话。 Tā zài jiǎng huà. He is speaking.
- 别大声讲话。 Bié dàshēng jiǎng huà. Do not speak loudly.
Related words
- 讲 jiǎng to speak; to tell
- 听讲 tīngjiǎng to listen in class
- 讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular
- 讲座 jiǎngzuò lecture
- 演讲 yǎnjiǎng speech; to give a speech
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 话 huà speech, words
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 的话 dehuà if (after a condition)
- 对话 duìhuà dialogue
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin