HSK 5 · Education

讲座 jiǎngzuò “lecture” in Chinese

Traditional 講座

What 讲座 means

  1. lecture
  2. talk
  3. lecture series
  4. course of lectures
  5. chair (academic position)

How to say 讲座

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale讲jiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale座zuò4th tone, falling

讲座 in a sentence

  1. 讲座八点钟开始。

    Jiǎngzuò bā diǎnzhōng kāishǐ.

    The lecture starts at eight o’clock.

    Sentence #2188390 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 听讲座时，你应该保持安静。

    Tīng jiǎngzuò shí, nǐ yīnggāi bǎochí ānjìng.

    You should keep quiet when listening to a lecture.

    Sentence #5819704 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们有一节关于环境污染的讲座。

    Wǒmen yǒu yì jié guānyú huánjìng wūrǎn de jiǎngzuò.

    We had a lecture on environmental pollution.

    Sentence #5983621 from Tatoeba

How 讲座 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.

The character 座 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
座zuòseat
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 坐seat · zuò

How to write 讲座

讲 6 strokes · 座 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 讲座

Words with 讲

讲jiǎng · to talk演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about

Words with 座

座zuò · measure word for buildings座位zuòwèi · seat插座chāzuò · power point座右铭zuòyòumíng · motto

More words: Education & Learning

词汇cíhuì · vocabulary地理dìlǐ · geography辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance化学huàxué · chemistry教材jiàocái · teaching material经典jīngdiǎn · classic课程kèchéng · course朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud

FAQs

讲座 (jiǎngzuò) means “lecture” or “talk”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎngzuò: jiǎng with a 3rd tone, then zuò with a 4th 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, 讲座 is written 講座. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangzuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 讲座 from the suggestions. Typing jiangzuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
讲座 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.