讲学 (jiǎng xué) — to give lectures (as an invited academic guest)

Definition

讲学 is an academic-context verb: a scholar is invited to another institution to give lectures. It implies the speaker holds expert standing and the activity is formal/exchange-oriented, not routine classroom teaching.

verb
to give lectures (as an invited academic guest)

Examples

  • 讲学。
    Tā xià ge yuè yào qù yīng guó jiǎng xué.
    He is going to give lectures in England next month.
  • 。
    Zhāng jiào shòu qù nián zài běi jīng dà xué jiǎng guò liǎng cì xué.
    Professor Zhang gave two lecture sessions at Peking University last year.
  • 讲学。
    Hěn duō xué zhě lái wǒ men dà xué jiǎng xué jiāo liú.
    Many scholars come to our university to give lectures and exchange ideas.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

讲jiǎnglecture
学xuélearning

“讲” lecture and “学” learning or academic subjects combine to mean lecturing on scholarship.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
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.

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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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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