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训话 (xùn huà) — to give a speech (to subordinates) to admonish or instruct; to lecture

Definition

A formal verb meaning to lecture or admonish subordinates (e.g. a boss to staff, a principal to students). Note it is a separable verb: 训话 / 训一次话 / 训了话.

verb
to give a speech (to subordinates) to admonish or instructto lecture

Examples

  • 训话。
    Lǎo bǎn zhèng zài duì yuán gōng xùn huà.
    The boss is giving a lecture to the employees.
  • 。
    Wáng jīng lǐ xùn le yí gè xiǎo shí de huà.
    Manager Wang lectured for an hour.
  • ，。
    Xiào zhǎng xùn le yí cì huà, xué shēng men dōu rèn zhēn tīng le.
    The principal gave a lecture once, and the students all listened attentively.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

训xùnadmonish
话huàwords

训 means to admonish, and 话 are the words spoken when doing it.

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

Open 训 →

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 話; 话 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánword
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠯑
𠯑𠯑話huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 話, 言 relates to words and 𠯑 gives the sound; the simplified 话 is a shorthand, so its right side is not that sound part.

Open 话 →
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