讲演稿 (jiǎng yǎn gǎo) — speech manuscript, written text of a lecture or talk

Definition

noun
speech manuscript, written text of a lecture or talk
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 讲演稿，。
    Tā xiě le yí fèn jiǎng yǎn gǎo, zhǔn bèi míng tiān shàng tái fā yán.
    He wrote a speech manuscript, preparing to speak on stage tomorrow.
  • 讲演稿。
    Zhè fèn jiǎng yǎn gǎo de nèi róng fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
    The content of this speech manuscript is very exciting.
  • ，讲演稿。
    Yǎn jiǎng qián, tā fǎn fù xiū gǎi jiǎng yǎn gǎo.
    Before the speech, he revised the manuscript repeatedly.

Origin

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.

讲演lecture
讲jiǎngspeak演yǎnperform
联合Side by side
稿gǎomanuscript

讲 and 演 together form a lecture, and 稿 gives the written text.

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 →

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
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
高
高gāo稿
Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.

Open 稿 →

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