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讲演 (jiǎng yǎn) — (noun) speech; lecture; (verb) to give a speech; to lecture

Definition

A formal written-style noun for a 'speech' or 'lecture', more literary than everyday 说话 and closer to 演讲. As a verb it means to deliver such a speech.

noun
speechlecture
verb
to give a speechto lecture
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 讲演，。
    Tā de jiǎng yǎn fēi cháng shēng dòng, dà jiā dōu tīng dé hěn rèn zhēn.
    His speech was very vivid; everyone listened very attentively.
  • 讲演。
    Míng tiān tā yào zài dà huì shàng jiǎng yǎn.
    Tomorrow he will give a speech at the conference.
  • 讲演。
    Zhè chǎng jiǎng yǎn de nèi róng hěn yǒu shēn dù.
    The content of this lecture is very profound.

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jiǎngspeak
演yǎnperform

Both 讲 and 演, speaking and performing, together mean a lecture.

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.

Open 讲 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →
Appears in
Communication & Speech

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