讲义 (jiǎng yì) — lecture notes; teaching handouts; commentaries…

Definition

A lecturer- or teacher-prepared text given to students: handouts for a class (synchronised to a lecture) or written commentary on a classical work.

noun

lecture notesteaching handoutscommentaries on classical texts

Measure word · 份

讲义。
Lǎo shī bǎ jīn tiān de jiǎng yì fā gěi le wǒ men.
The teacher handed out today's lecture notes to us.
讲义《》。
Zhè běn jiǎng yì duì 《lún yǔ》 de jiě dú fēi cháng shēn rù.
This commentary on the Analects offers a very deep interpretation.
讲义。
Qī mò kǎo shì de nèi róng dōu zài zhè fèn jiǎng yì lǐ.
All the content for the final exam is in this handout.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

讲jiǎnglecture/explain

义yìtext/meaning

“讲” (lecture/explain) and “义” (text/meaning) together name written material for lectures.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 講; 讲 is its simplified writing.

言冓講

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冓

冓gòu講jiǎng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 講 puts 言, say, beside 冓, which gave it its sound; the simplified 讲 is a later abbreviation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 義; 义 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

我

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 義 has 我 giving the sound and 羊 meaning good or auspicious; the simplified 义 is a later abbreviation.