HSK 3 · Verbs

讲 jiǎng “to talk” in Chinese

Traditional 講

What 讲 means

  1. to talk
  2. to lecture
  3. to explain
  4. speech
  5. to speak
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to negotiate
  • to emphasise
  • to be particular about
  • as far as sth is concerned

How to say 讲

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale讲jiǎng3rd tone, dipping

讲 in a sentence

  1. 你会讲普通话吗？

    Nǐ huì jiǎng Pǔtōnghuà ma?

    Can you speak Mandarin?

    Sentence #421010 from Tatoeba

  2. 他特别爱讲笑话。

    Tā tèbié ài jiǎng xiàohua.

    He really loves telling jokes.

    Sentence #1790034 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请继续讲你的故事。

    Qǐng jìxù jiǎng nǐ de gùshi.

    Please go on with your story.

    Sentence #2004697 from Tatoeba

How 讲 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 讲 (jiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
讲jiǎngto speak
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 井well · jǐngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎng.

How to write 讲

讲 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 讲

Words with 讲

演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture

More words: Thinking & Talking

欢迎huānyíng · to welcome回答huídá · to reply记得jìde · remember检查jiǎnchá · to check解决jiějué · settle a dispute决定juédìng · decide练习liànxí · practice聊天liáotiān · to chat

FAQs

讲 (jiǎng) means “to talk” or “to lecture”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiǎng: jiǎng with a 3rd 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, 讲 is written 講. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 讲 from the suggestions. Typing jiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
讲 is an HSK 3 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.