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讲座

jiǎngzuò

lecture

A lecturer speaking to a listener
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Characters in this word

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

座 zuò

Strokes
10
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 坐 seat
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 今天有讲座。 Jīntiān yǒu jiǎngzuò. There is a lecture today.
  • 讲座很有趣。 Jiǎngzuò hěn yǒuqù. The lecture is very interesting.
  • 我去听讲座。 Wǒ qù tīng jiǎngzuò. I am going to a lecture.

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