讲授 (jiǎng shòu) — to teach, to lecture, to give instruction | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Formal verb for 'to lecture / teach' — emphasizes one-way delivery of knowledge, as in a lecture or course. Stronger and more academic than 教.

verb

to teachto lectureto give instruction

Examples

讲授。
Wáng jiào shòu zài běi dà jiǎng shòu le jǐ shí nián de wén xué kè chéng.
Professor Wang taught literature courses at Peking University for decades.
讲授。
Zhè wèi lǎo shī shàn yú jiǎng shòu fù zá de lǐ lùn zhī shi.
This teacher is good at teaching complex theoretical knowledge.
讲授。
Xué xiào yāo qǐng tā jiǎng shòu yì mén guān yú xiàn dài yì shù de zhuān tí.
The school invited him to lecture on a special topic about modern art.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

讲jiǎngexplain

讲授 combines 讲 'explain' and 授 'teach' to mean lecture or instruct.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

受

受shòu授shòu

Same sound today

授 is built from 手 and 受. 受 gives the sound, and 手 is a hand.

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