HSK 5 · Verbs

发言 fāyán “to make a speech” in Chinese

Traditional 發言

What 发言 means

  1. to make a speech
  2. statement
  3. utterance

Measure word 个 gè · 一个发言 yí ge fāyán

How to say 发言

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale言yán2nd tone, rising

发言 in a sentence

  1. 今晚谁发言？

    Jīnwǎn shéi fāyán?

    Who’s speaking tonight?

    Sentence #811024 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大家推举他到大会发言。

    Dàjiā tuījǔ tā dào dàhuì fāyán.

    Everyone chose him to speak at the conference.

    Sentence #715575 from Tatoeba

  3. 你可以讲话，但也要听我说，我也有权发言。

    Nǐ kěyǐ jiǎnghuà, dàn yě yào tīng wǒ shuō, wǒ yě yǒu quán fāyán.

    You can talk, but you need to listen to me too. I also have the right to speak.

    Sentence #2455768 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发言 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 言 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
言yánwords
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 二two · èr
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 发言

发 5 strokes · 言 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发言 (fāyán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发言 (fāyán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发言

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa启发qǐfā · to inspire

Words with 言

语言yǔyán · language预言yùyán · to predict方言fāngyán · dialect言论yánlùn · speech谣言yáoyán · rumour序言xùyán · preface寓言yùyán · fable不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

More words: Thinking & Talking

当心dāngxīn · to be careful答应dāying · to agree打听dǎting · to ask about反映fǎnyìng · to reflect废话fèihuà · nonsense分别fēnbié · to part分析fēnxī · to analyse讽刺fěngcì · to satirise

FAQs

发言 (fāyán) means “to make a speech” or “statement”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fāyán: fā with a 1st tone, then yán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发言 is written 發言. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to make a speech is 一个发言 (yí ge fāyán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fayan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发言 from the suggestions. Typing fayan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发言 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.